Back For More (TXT Version)
Updated: 2 days ago
⋆ Full English Track
⋆ Genre: Disco
⋆ Producing Credits: Tyler Spry, Ryan Tedder, Slow Rabbit
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Ryan Tedder, Slow Rabbit, Tyler Spry
NOTE: This song was pre-released as part of a collab with Anitta in September 2023. The TXT version which was included in 'The Name Chapter: FREEFALL' includes a verse sung by Hueningkai and Yeonjun (highlighted below) in place of Anitta's verse from the original collaboration.
ABOUT/MEANING: “Back for More” captures the magnetic pull of attraction and the realisation that life can feel different after experiencing a powerful connection with someone. The boy does not present himself as incomplete without “you”; instead, being together adds something exciting and difficult to replace, drawing both of them back towards the feeling their connection creates.
Rather than presenting love as salvation from a broken world, the song focuses on the excitement of wanting someone while still retaining a sense of independence. There is confidence and sensuality in that pursuit: neither person needs to be made dependent on the other, yet the attraction between them is powerful enough that walking away does not necessarily mean wanting to stay away.
Within The Name Chapter: FREEFALL, that desire can be understood as another experience found within the imperfect reality the boys have chosen to enter. After TEMPTATION centred on the seductive pleasures of escaping reality, “Back for More” finds excitement through something grounded within it: attraction, desire and the unpredictable experience of connecting with another person.
Following “Chasing That Feeling,” the song therefore continues the album’s movement away from longing for the fantasy they left behind. Wonder and exhilaration do not belong exclusively to Neverland; new experiences in reality can create compelling feelings of their own.
LYRICS
I can see you comin' back for more
Comin' back for more, ayy
If you walk out that door
When I'm with you, it all feels different
When I'm with you, it all makes sense
And I know you don't feel no different
Woah-ooh
There's a magic to how we livin'
There's a magic to what this is
It's like a dream and we both day-trippin'
CONNECTION: After TEMPTATION associated dreams with the fantasy of escaping reality, “It's like a dream” gives dreamlike wonder a different context. The boy has not returned to Neverland; instead, an experience within reality - connecting with another person - can itself feel extraordinary. Leaving fantasy behind therefore does not mean giving up excitement, wonder or experiences that feel almost unreal.
Woah-ooh
All I know is if you walk away
There'll be something
There'll be things you can't replace
All I know is if you walk away
There'll be something
Baby, that's okay, 'cause
I can see you comin' back for more
Comin' back for more (Yeah)
If you walk out that door
I can see you comin' back for more (Can you?)
Comin' back for more (Yeah)
If you walk out that door
When I'm with you, it all feels different
There's no logic to what we say
But we talk and talk the night away
Oh-oh
We don't got none of the issues that people got
Keep it on some of the same waves we keepin' on
None of that stuff to make you dependent on
Ooh
All I know is if you walk away
There'll be something
Baby, that's okay, 'cause
I can see you comin' back for more
Comin' back for more
If you walk out that door
I can see you comin' back for more (Baby)
Comin' back for more (Yeah)
If you walk out that door
When I'm with you, it all feels different
When I'm with you, when I'm with you (Yeah)
I can see you comin' back for more
Comin' back for more
If you walk out that—
Oh-oh
Oh
Ah, ta-da-da, ah
Ooh
Ah, ta-da-da, ah
If you walk out the door
Ooh-ooh
Ow
When I'm with you, when I'm with you (Come on)
I can see you comin' back for more (Comin' back for more)
Comin' back for more (Ooh-ooh)
If you walk out that door (Door)
I can see you comin' back for more (Ah)
Comin' back for more (Yeah)
If you walk out that-
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