"ILYSB" is the seventh track on LANY's first studio album, LANY. The track was first released in 2014 as part of their debut EP, Acronyms. It was later included in their first EP, Make Out, after the band signed on to Polydor Records in 2015.
Background[]
"ILYSB" is a love song, expressing how physically painful it is to have strong feelings for someone. However, the music video twists the song’s seemingly sweet nature into a dark tale of obsession.
In a note, frontman Paul Klein said of the music video:
- "It would have been the least creative, most predictable thing in the world to run thru a field and fly down the PCH in a convertible with the “love of my life” … hand-in-hand, wind-in-hair. i had an opportunity to flip the script, to beautifully blindside the fan and the critic. i turned "ILYSB" into a tragedy of unhealthy obsession and unrequited love that ultimately led to psychotic behavior and total derailment."
The song appears on Acronyms EP, Make Out EP, and LANY’s self-titled debut album. LANY also released a stripped version of "ILYSB" featured on the second EP and the Live In Los Angeles music video.
Lyrics[]
Ain't never felt this way
Can't get enough so stay with me
It's not like we got big plans
Let's drive around town holding hands
And you need to know
You're the only one, alright, alright
And you need to know
That you keep me up all night, all night
Oh, my heart hurts so good
I love you, babe, so bad, so bad
Oh, oh my heart hurts so good
I love you, babe, so bad, so bad
Mad cool in all my clothes
Mad warm when you get close to me
Slow dance these summer nights
Our disco ball's my kitchen light
And you need to know
That nobody could take your place, your place
And you need to know
That I'm hella obsessed with your face, your face
Oh, my heart hurts so good
I love you, babe, so bad, so bad
Oh, oh my heart hurts so good
I love you, babe, so bad, so bad
Oh, oh my heart hurts so good
I love you, babe, so bad, so bad, oh
And you need to know
You're the only one alright, alright
And you need to know
That you keep me up all night, all night
Oh, my heart hurts so good
I love you, babe, so bad, so bad
Oh, oh my heart hurts so good
I love you, babe, so bad, so bad, oh
So bad, oh
Oh, my heart hurt
Oh, my heart hurt
Oh, my heart hurt
So bad, oh