MerahPutih.com - Gracie Abrams menghadirkan single berjudul Good Reason pada 17 Juli 2026. Lagu tersebut menjadi bagian dari album teranyarnya, Daughter from Hell, yang proses penulisan musik dan liriknya dikerjakan bersama penulis lagu Sarah Aarons.
Melalui Good Reason, Gracie Abrams mengangkat kisah hubungan asmara yang mulai mengalami keretakan akibat rasa bersalah dan ketidaksiapan dalam menghadapi kedekatan emosional.
Lagu ini menggambarkan situasi ketika salah satu pihak mendapatkan kasih sayang yang begitu besar dari pasangannya, tetapi tidak mampu memberikan perasaan yang sama sebagai balasan.
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'Good Reason' Gambarkan Konflik dalam Hubungan Asmara
Good Reason bercerita tentang hubungan yang diwarnai ketimpangan perasaan. Di satu sisi, terdapat pasangan yang selalu menunjukkan kasih sayang, bersikap baik, dan bersedia mengalah demi mempertahankan hubungan.
Namun, perhatian dan ketulusan tersebut justru memunculkan perasaan terbebani bagi pihak yang belum siap menghadapi kedekatan emosional.
Situasi ini menghadirkan konflik batin berupa rasa bersalah karena tidak mampu membalas cinta dengan kadar yang setara. Ketulusan pasangan yang seharusnya menjadi sumber kebahagiaan justru terasa semakin berat ketika tidak diiringi kesiapan untuk memberikan komitmen emosional yang sama.
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Lirik Good Reason - Gracie Abrams
Took a sharp knife, more than once or twice
To the heart of this, and you threatened it
Metaphorically, accidentally
You called me your everything
And the pressure, I have to emphasize
Made our roof cave in, built by idiots
Still so earnestly over carefully
Questions crept back into my head again
That's when I knew suddenly I would be leaving
And neither of us saw it comin'
If only I had a good reason
That's when I knew, honestly, you would start bleeding
Just to cover it up for my feelings
If only I had a good reason
Am I thinking straight? Was I meant to stay?
You're too nice to me when I tell you things you don't wanna hear
Like I spent the year over-promising
Over everything
That's when I knew, suddenly you would be grieving
I'm only half sure that I mean it
If only I had a good reason
Oh, but I bet you'd probably sit there and take it
Well, that only makes me regret it
If only I had a good reason
If only I had a good reason
If only it wasn't bad timing
If only I chose you and not me
If only we leaned into fighting
If only you got disappointed
If only I kept every promise
If only you treated me poorly
If only you didn't adore me (Ah, ah, ah)
If only you didn't adore me
I knew, suddenly I would be leaving
And neither of us saw it coming (Coming)
If only I had a good reason (If only I had a good reason)
That's when I knew you'd probably sit there and take it
Well, that only makes me regret it
If only I had a good reason (If only I had a good reason, but I don't)
Ah-huh
If only I had a good reason
If only I chose you and not me
If only I had a good reason
If only I chose you and not me
If only I had a good reason
If only I had a good reason
If only, if only..
(Far)