Halsey has had a rollercoaster of a career, in just the few years alone growing into motherhood, coming to terms with fame, beginning a new relationship and receiving diagnoses for lupus and leukemia. Thinking her 2024 album, The Great Impersonator, would be her, she wanted to pay homage to everyone who inspired her, including Britney Spears, Dolly Parton, Marilyn Monroe and more—all of who she “impersonated” on X for the release.
Even two years later, it’s still an album we return to again and again, with some truly unforgettable lyrics to boot. Below is a collection of all of the greatest lines from her songs, from The Great Impersonator and beyond, to use as your next Instagram captions.
When you’ve experienced many trials and tribulations:
“I’ve never know a day of peace.”
-“Only Girl Living in LA”
When you’ve dreamed of getting away:
“I could run away to somewhere on the West Coast and finally be a real life girl.”
-“Only Girl Living in LA”
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For being present in your emotions:
“My special talent isn’t writing, it’s not singing, it’s feeling everything that everyone alive feels every day.”
-“Only Girl Living in LA”
When you’re putting on a fake smile:
“I’m really not as happy as I seem.”
-“Ego”
When you have the energy of an old man:
“I’m not old, but I am tired.”
-“Dog Years”
When that new person makes you feel the most intense butterflies:
“Is it love or a panic attack?”
-“Panic Attack”
When you still have hope:
“I still believe in Heaven.”
-“I Believe in Magic”
For the pic of you and your soulmate:
“I started to believe in love the day I met my little twin.”
-“I Believe in Magic”
When you knew there was a happier place for you:
“There ain’t a reason on this earth I’d go back to my hometown.”
-“Hometown”
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When the heartbreak wasn’t one-sided:
“If you only knew how bad it hurt me, too.”
-“I Never Loved You”
When you’re too unique to be human:
“What if I’m from outer space?”
-“Darwinism”
When you’re building the person you always wanted to be:
“I spent years becoming cool.”
-“Lonely Is the Muse”
When that one person hurt you again:
“Fool me twice, the shame is on me.”
-“Arsonist”
When you feel like a side character in everyone’s story:
“I’m the spider in your bathroom, I’m the shadow on the tile.”
-“Life of the Spider”
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When success doesn’t solve all your problems:
“I’m so lucky, I’m a star, but I cry, cry, cry in my lonely heart.”
-“Lucky”
When your friends have disappeared:
“I miss the days when I was getting texts that I could just avoid.”
-“Letter to God (1998)”
When you’re an amalgamation of everyone you’ve meet:
“I redesign and put myself together like some little Frankenstein.”
-“The Great Impersonator”
For that shot of you, once again, rockin’ a brand new hairdo:
“Is it really that strange if I always wanna change?”
-“Ashley”
For a photo with all your friends gathered around you:
“I don’t need anyone, I just need everyone and then some.”
-“clementine”
For the pic of you training for your very first 5K:
“I keep running when both my feet hurt.”
-“Graveyard”
For when you feel the need to send a clear message to your ex:
“You’re not half the man you think that you are.”
-“You should be sad”
For a photo apologizing when you take your sarcasm too far:
“I spent a long time substituting honest with sarcastic and I curse my tongue for being mean.”
-“Forever…(is a long time)”
For when you seriously can’t do socializing:
“I hate everybody.”
-“I HATE EVERYBODY”
For that flirty selfie you post when you’re trying to send a message to your crush:
“Someone, please come and flirt with me.”
-“3am”
For a pic of you and your bestie that lets her know how much you’d do for her:
“Said I’d catch you if you fall.”
-“Without Me”
For a photo of you and your gals having a sleepover:
“Oh, we’re dancing in my living room.”
-“Finally // beautiful stranger”
For a pic of you and your entire squad:
“Boys are just placeholders, they come and they go.”
-“killing boys”
For a sweet photo of you and your S.O.:
“Somehow I just want you more.”
-“More”
For the selfie you wouldn’t usually post:
“I’m still learning to love myself.”
-“Still Learning”
For when the school day feels way too long:
“Soft and slow, watch the minutes go.”
-“929”
For when you manage to watch one episode of Riverdale without losing your mind:
“I’m just glad I made it out without breaking down.”
-“You should be sad”
For when you can’t stop talking about your crush:
“My friends are getting bored of me.”
-“I HATE EVERYBODY”
For your super dark and moody selfie:
“I think there’s a flaw in my code.”
-“Gasoline”
For an adorable pic of your pet:
“Said you know I wanna keep you around forever.”
-“Now or Never”
For your closest friend’s birthday post:
“We both been real since we seventeen.”
-“Walls Could Talk”
For you and your S.O. on graduation day:
“And he told me that we’d make it till we graduate.”
-“Bad at Love”
For a scenic pic of the beach:
“Can’t help thinkin’ that I love it still.”
-“Hopeless”
For a stunning glow-up comparison:
“I’m standin’ in the ashes of who I used to be.”
-“Angel on Fire”
For a cute pic you took with your friends chilling at a party:
“White sheets, bright lights, crooked teeth and the night life.”
-“Is There Somewhere?”
For a dramatic post-breakup selfie:
“He said, ‘please don’t go away.’ I said, ‘It’s too late.'”
-“100 Letters”
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For the mirror selfie you take after you just dyed your hair a daring new color:
“I’m face to face with someone new.”
-“Eyes Closed”
For when you’re chosen as a member of your school’s prom court:
“I’m headed straight for the castle. They wanna make me their queen.”
-“Castle”
For a posed group shot of you and your best friends:
“We know very well who we are.”
-“New Americana”
(The Great Impersonator via Columbia Records)
For a #tbt pic of your whirlwind summer vacation:
“Don’t belong to no city.”
-“Hurricane”
For a mysterious shot of the night sky over your favorite backdrop:
“I’m searching for something that I can’t reach.”
-“Ghost”
For a candid happy moment:
“You’re ripped at every edge, but you’re a masterpiece.”
-“Colors”
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