Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Weeknd
Vocals
Aaliyah
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ahmad Balshe
Songwriter
Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye
Songwriter
Daniel Schofield
Songwriter
Nicholas Lamb
Songwriter
Stephen Garrett
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
MIKE DEAN
Mixing Engineer
DannyBoyStyles
Producer
Nick Lamb
Producer
Shin Kamiyama
Engineer
Sean Solymar
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Sage Skolfield
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Tommy Rush
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
How can I explain myself to you?
Questions keep lurking through my mind
Is it the lover for the time?
I've given my heart, my joy, my soul to you
If it is real, I sure can't see
Gotta start still looking out for me
And in my, my heart won't take no more
I know it seems that I don't care
Sometimes my wave of love is there
I feel it's time for me to take a stand
See you have given me no choice
I feel I must exercise my voice and say
[Verse 2]
This feeling, there's no drug that can compare
You're so cold, I can see your breath, I swear
They told me not to fall in love
Wondering where it all went wrong
You were my poison all along
[Verse 3]
At night, I lay awake in tears and pain
Searching my heart for what went wrong
Asking myself what's going on
Why cannot we seem to see things eye to eye?
Sometimes I really feel the danger
And now I'm sleeping with a stranger
To see all these years, we flushed 'em down the drain (Down the drain)
Is that a love that came for us?
Now, it's too late for both of us
No regrets of what we lost and what we shared
Maybe tomorrow will love again
Or until then we'll stay as friends, oh, one day
[Verse 4]
This feeling, there's no drug that can compare
You're so cold, I can see your breath, I swear
They told me not to fall in love
Wondering where it all went wrong
You were my poison all along
[Verse 5]
Yeah
Poison all along
Oh yeah, ooh
Baby girl, poison all along
Written by: Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Danny Schofield, MIKE DEAN, Michael G. Dean, Nicholas Raymond Lamb, Static Major, Stephen Ellis Garrett