Kesha’s doing not one but two hits. The pop singer-songwriter dropped the double lead singles off her new album, Gag Order, “Eat the Acid” and “Fine Line.” The former is eerie and catchy, with some bubbling synths that never quite explode. (It comes with an equally discomforting visualizer.) But it’s the latter that’s going to start some conversation.
“Fine Line” is a check-in with Kesha after the past three-plus years of her legal battle against her alleged abuser Dr. Luke, whose label she’s still forced to release music under.
“All the doctors and lawyers cut the tongue outta my mouth,” she speak-sings on the intimate track, referencing her album’s title. Almost all the lines could be quoted here, but let’s skip to the final twist of the knife: “There’s a fine line between what’s entertaining / And what’s just exploiting the pain / But, hey, look at all the money we made off me.”
While her contract remains unclear, the album could be her last for Luke’s Kemosabe Records, and will likely be her final statement before their case finally goes to trial in July.
Kesha – Fine Line Lyrics
There’s a fine line I’ve been walking
And trying to balance is exhausting
This is where you fuckers pushed me
Don’t be surprised if shit gets ugly
All the doctors and lawyers cut the tongue out of my mouth
I’ve been hiding my anger, but bitch look at me now
I’m at the top of the mountain with a gun to my head
Am I bigger than Jesus or better off dead?
There’s a fine line between genius and crazy
There’s a fine line between broken and breaking
Spent my whole life tryna to change what they’re saying about me
Sick of walking that fine line
Fine line between selling out and being bought
Fine line between famous and being forgot
It’s time I’m coming down off of the cross
Sick of walking that fine line
I feel safest in the silence
And I’m so goddamn sick of fighting
The truth keeps roaring like a lion
Yeah, that’ll be the cross I’ll die on
The years keep on dragging, I’m at the end of my rope
The noose gets tighter and tighter, I’m tasting blood in my throat
Don’t fucking call me a fighter, don’t fucking call me a joke
You have no fucking idea, trust me, you’ll never know
There’s a fine line between hope and delusion
Between what’s right and what we’ve just gotten used to
My whole life I’ve had something to prove to you
Sick of walking that fine line
Fine line between surviving and living
And, God, some things never should be forgiven
Guess what? I’m sick of pretending for you
Fine line, fine line, fine line
Fine line, fine line, fine line
This life was never mine
This life was never mine
This life was never mine
I can’t keep wasting time
I can’t keep wasting time
I can’t keep wasting time
There’s a fine line between what matters and doesn’t
Between letting go and giving up
Between happy and stupid as fuck
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There’s a fine line between what’s entertaining
And what’s just exploiting the pain
But hey, look at all the money we made off me
Watch Kesha – Fine Line Lyrics
