These lips had been made for speaking.
Jessica Simpson, 44, who introduced her divorce from husband Eric Johnson, 45, in January, dropped her new single “Leave” on Friday.
The breakup music — off of her upcoming EP “Nashville Canyon: Part 1” — hints on the demise of a relationship as a consequence of infidelity.
“What we had was magic/ Now you’ve made it tragic/ Giving her what you gave to me/ Now the well that you drank from’s empty,” Simpson sings on the monitor.
“Your weakness made me lonely/ Unholy matrimony/ Did you do to her what you did to me?/ Was she on her knees?”
Later within the tune, the actress belts out that she would relatively be by herself.
“We’re not doing this again/ I, I want you to leave/ I don’t even want to breathe the air you breathe/I’d rather die/ Than let you be inside me with her on your mind/ I am stronger on my own/ So I’m letting you go.”
Simpson obtained candid on the making of “Leave” in a behind-the-scenes YouTube video.
“Leave is a hard lyric for me to write,” she admitted within the Friday clip. “It was tapping into some stuff that was scary to tap into. But I needed to get it out.”
“After writing all the lyrics and the melodies I realized like ‘Why would I want to show off,’” Simpson continued. “There’s so much power in being able to be subtle. And that’s probably the best lesson I’ve had in this whole process. Is that, music is about communicating, not yelling at people.”
In January, the artist introduced she and Johnson had been divorcing 10 years after tying the knot in 2014. They’re dad and mom of three children: daughters Maxwell, 12, and Birdie, 5, and son Ace, 11.
“Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage,” Simpson informed Individuals on the time. “Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them. We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family.”
And within the wake of the cut up, the “Irresistible” singer has turned again to music to assist her get by means of.
“Through the deepest heartbreak of my life,” Simpson informed sister Ashlee Simpson in an interview with the Lower in February. “It was the most intense yet enlightening therapy I’ve ever been through.”
She additionally expressed her gratitude for the previous NFL participant as he supported her spending time in Nashville creating the mission.
“It is a gift,” Simpson famous of taking time to work on the EP. “Eric supported that gift. My kids supported that gift. We were out in Nashville for Maxwell’s 11th birthday, and she’s 12 now.”
The Publish was not instantly in a position to attain Johnson for remark.
