beabadoobee – Switchblade | Lyrics

Read the lyrics for the song “Switchblade” from the “Pylon” album from beabadoobee.

“Switchblade” centers on the metaphor of a blade as a symbol of self-defense, not violence . beabadoobee opens with the image of cutting through an open space, needing a reminder when life starts to feel like a graze . The line “Life with blinders doesn’t seem to fit the pace” suggests that ignoring problems is not a sustainable way to live . The central question—”Do you start the fight or take the flight?”—is repeated throughout, refusing to offer an easy answer.

The second verse deepens the sense of exhaustion and questioning. “Growing up just means to fuck everything up again” and “Growing old just seems to break everything that we mend” are lines that weigh the weight of adulthood . The pre-chorus introduces another layer of doubt: “Is it wrong or right to try to do either?” The chorus amplifies the emotional intensity: “Either seether with this anger? / Can’t control this fever / That just takes it out of me” . The “fever” is not a physical illness but a metaphor for the consuming nature of anger and anxiety .

The repeated mantra—”I’m a switchblade”—is both a reminder of the narrator’s sharpness and a promise of resilience. The song closes with the same image, suggesting that the narrator is still cutting through the space, still looking for a way forward.

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Produced by beabadoobee, Jason Vance Harris, Luca Caruso
2026-07-14 • 3 minutes
© 2026 beabadoobee under exclusive license to Dirty Hit/Interscope Records

— LYRICS —

I’m a switchblade cutting through an open space
Need a reminder, you start to feel like a graze
Life with blinders doesn’t seem to fit the pace
Do you start the fight or take the flight?

Feeling upset, can I choose…