Back To Life
HAILEE
STEINFELD
SONGWRITERS:
WAYNE SERMON; MICHAEL POLLACK; HAILEE STEINFIELD; JORGEN ODEGARD; JOSH GUDWIN
& KENNEDI LYKKEN
WHERE:
LIVE TO THE VOICE 2018
COUNTRY: U.
S. A.
ALBUM: BUMBLEBEE(MOTION
PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
LABEL: REPUBLIC
GENRE: ELECTROPOP
YEAR: 2018
"Back to Life"
is a song by American Singer Hailee Steinfeld, released as a single from the
soundtrack of the film Bumblebee on November 2, 2018. Steinfeld also stars in
one of the lead roles of the film
The song has been called
an "electro-kissed anthem" with "shimmering production" and
"loved-up lyrics", with Steinfeld singing "Our love's enough,
transcending us through space and time. It's holding up. It keeps you and me intertwined."
The chorus, which contains the line "'Cause I'm bringing you back to
life", was called "earnest".
Steinfeld talked about the
song in a social media post from October 2018, saying that it would be the
first time she has her own song in a film she stars in. It was pointed out by
Idolator's Mike Nied that this evidently does not count the songs she recorded
for Pitch Perfect 2 and 3. Steinfeld hosted and performed the song for the
first time at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards, two days after the song's
release.
Hailee Steinfeld (born
December 11, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She has been nominated
for awards including na Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and four Critics Choice
Awards, winning one for Best Young Performer.
Her breakthrough role was
that of Mattie Ross in True Grit (2010), for which she was nominated for
numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Thereafter, Steinfeld gained prominence for roles in Ender's Game (2013) and Romeo
& Juliet (2013). She appeared as Emily Junk in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch
Perfect 3 (2017), and she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best
Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her portrayal of Nadine Franklin
in The Edge of Seventeen(2016). She also stars in the prequel, Bumblebee (2018),
and she contributed to the film's soundtrack. Steinfeld also voiced Spider-Gwen
(Gwen Stacy) in the Golden Globe Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the
Spider-Verse(2018).
[Intro]
‘Cause I’m bringing you back to life
[Verse 1]
Our love's enough
Transcending us through space and time
It's holding up
It keeps you and me intertwined
[Pre-Chorus]
What's a pipe dream if you ain't trying to do it?
What's a heartbreak if you ain't crying all through it?
What's a sunset if you ain't riding into it?
Let's drive into it
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m bringing you back to life (Back)
And I know that you're gone but I swear that you're here
It's a feeling that won't disappear
And you're bringing me back to life (Back)
I was looking for something that I couldn't find
It's a feeling you give me inside
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
‘Cause I’m bringing you back to life
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
This feeling's coming back to life
[Verse 2]
Our memories
They're more than just our history (Our history)
They lift me up
They flow like electricity (No, no, no)
[Pre-Chorus]
What's a pipe dream if you ain't trying to do it?
What's a heartbreak if you ain't crying all through it?
What's a sunset if you ain't riding into it?
Let's drive into it
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m bringing you back to life (Back)
And I know that you're gone but I swear that you're here
It's a feeling that won't disappear
And you're bringing me back to life (Back)
I was looking for something that I couldn't find
It's a feeling you give me inside
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
‘Cause I’m bringing you back to life
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[Bridge]
I can see you in the night
Coming through like flashing lights
When the world is passing by
Oh, oh, oh
I can see you in the night
Coming through like flashing lights
When the world is passing by
Oh, oh, oh (Oh)
[Chorus]
‘Cause I’m bringing you back to life (Back)
And I know that you're gone but I swear that you're here
It's a feeling that won't disappear
And you're bringing me back to life (Back)
I was looking for something that I couldn't find
It's a feeling you give me inside
'Cause I'm bringing you back
'Cause I'm bringing you back
'Cause I'm bringing you back to life
'Cause I'm bringing you back to life
And you're bringing me back (And you're bringing me back)
And you're bringing me back
And you're bringing me back to life
This feeling's coming back to life
[Post-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
‘Cause I’m bringing you back to life
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
This feeling's coming back to life.