The first song to be released from The Original High is centered around a spooky whistle hook. The haunting tune switches between softly sung verses and a deep house chorus. Lambert told Hunger TV: "The first single feels like the perfect introduction to The Original High. It establishes itself in a very earthy, vulnerable way and transforms into a hypnotic dream full of surreal imagery and set to a minimal yet massive deep house beat."
On the face of it, the song appears to be Lambert taking shots at the entertainment industry: Died last night in my dreams Walking the streets of some old ghost town I tried to believe in God and James Dean But Hollywood sold out The San Diego-raised singer is using the selling out of Hollywood as a metaphor for being let down by love. "It's a bit schizophrenic," Lambert told Ryan Seacrest about the song on his radio show. "We all have heartache, we all go through things that maybe make us a little jaded or bitter in life, and the song is kind of asking, 'Hey, despite all that, am I still able to love? Is that going to happen for me? Is it in the cards?'"
Lambert wrote the song with Sterling Fox (Lana Del Rey's "Video Games," Gym Class Heroes' "Stereo Hearts") and Tobias Karlsson, who has worked extensively with the Swedish-American rock band Carolina Liar. The tune was produced by Max Martin with Ali Payami. Martin co-wrote and co-produced Lambert's early-career hits "Whataya Want From Me" and "If I Had You."
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