Chords for Coco Jones "ICU" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified
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55.35 bpm
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Em
F
D
C
Eb
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I've seen how much this song is impacting people's lives.
I did my first headlining show and I couldn't even hear the music in my ears because they were
singing it with their whole spirit.
And then also on TikTok, they started this trend
where you show where you and a couple started and then you show where they are now.
And that is really beautiful to me because the song is about love and wanting it and the highs
and lows of it and the confusion of it, but the way it feels so good.
It's like a drug.
And so to see all of these people who are sharing their experiences or singing it from
their own personal life, I'm like, that's what I did.
We're all the same.
[C] [Em]
I had to open up my heart to get there emotionally.
I don't feel like you can
write a song like ICU with your guard up.
I had to talk to Rockette who helped me write it
[Eb] and just share everything so that you can get the most vulnerable and honest record.
For me, I think it's more important to make a song that [F] touches everyone than to protect
myself from a story that is meant to be shared.
It's so funny that the way I sang body six out to people.
I think honestly, I give a little credit to me being from Nashville
because there is a country twang to that something.
But I don't even know how I knew
that I could go that low besides country music and stuff around me that was always going low
and high.
I don't know.
It's just a thing that they do, but I wanted it to feel like, damn.
[Em]
[N] I feel like there's not going to be but a handful of people that really understand you.
But to have another person that comes into your life in this strange way to really understand
you is like, you get me.
This is so interesting and rare.
It's only a handful of people who get me.
Welcome to the party.
And now I can't be without you.
I don't know that I need in my life.
Yeah, yeah.
And though we may grow, I don't [D] know
why we don't grow up.
Baby, baby.
So when I talk about this feel and this soul,
it's this person's character.
It's deeper than the surface.
It's like the quality of you as a
human being.
You make me better.
Even if we aren't together, I need you to stay in my life in some way.
But we going to be together though because I'm crazy.
[N]
When you're in intensive care, there's a medical emergency.
And so,
turning my heart blue is like, I'm running out of oxygen here.
This is a medical emergency.
Get me to the nearest ICU immediately.
That's how I feel.
I feel like this is not a state of life
that I can live in without you.
So I guess I need you here to survive.
So that's why it's ICU
as well as ICU.
Help me.
The second verse, I wanted to share a different emotion.
And then it's kind of also like I'm
talking to my homegirls.
This is what we did.
First, we agreed that we was better as friends
because that's really how I talk to them.
First, we agreed that we better as friends.
I deleted every message.
I don't want to see that because then if I go back there,
I'm going to be like, oh my gosh, we did laugh at that one jiff.
I got to hit him back.
Gotta go.
Delete it.
Delete it.
Delete it.
And I might even delete the number too.
I don't know.
It
just depends.
If I really don't want to talk to you no more, I'm really going to delete the number.
[B] I don't know how we end up in the red is [D] also a double entendre.
One, it's like leaving you on
red, which is a thing we would always do when we were being petty with each other.
And then
especially when we're circling the block, it's kind of like leaving you on red because ICU,
tying you back into ICU.
But also, I don't know how we end up in the red is my heart starting
back up again.
I'm back alive.
And now my heart is beating fast because I'm like,
are we going to work this time?
Why are we doing this again?
How did this happen again?
Why?
But also, here we go again.
I felt like the song had to have this climb effect
because that's how I felt in the relationship.
It got to a point, it was so repetitive that
it was frustrating and I wanted to stop, but I could not stop.
I see you.
[N]
So when I sang the chorus again, it was meant to have the same theme, but even more frustration
and confusion.
You have to move on from this person.
And you're like,
I do not have the strength for this, but it has to be done.
There was another part of the song that we didn't know what to do with,
but we could not throw it away.
And it ended up being the outro.
And then Camper reproduced the
outro to make it piano and so beautiful.
And [E] it kind of does [F] end with this question mark,
do we stop this cycle?
Do we keep going?
But also I didn't figure out the why of this.
I still don't know.
So I'm just guessing.
I'm just making attempts at trying to understand.
Maybe I'm pissed off.
Maybe I'm lost.
I don't know what it is.
Maybe I just need you.
Maybe.
We'll see.
I think when I watched the crowd, they aren't ready for the song to be over either.
They're not ready for the story to be over.
I think it's kind of like your favorite movie.
If it could go on forever, I would definitely allow it to.
I love this movie.
And so when I
see them singing it with their hearts, I know that they're happy that there was more to say.
They're happy that the story's not completely over.
And then I also think for dramatic effect,
because I am an actress.
Also just ending it really solace like that.
They be living [Em] for it.
I think I actually, [F] when I was doing freestyling just to get the melody,
I think I did actually say there's something about your hands on my body.
Because is this TMI?
No,
no, no, no, no, it's not.
It's not.
I don't know.
Basically the, I'm love, love.
Stop.
My love language is physical touch.
And so anytime, even with my girls, I'm like, hey.
Especially with a guy that I like, even them being like, oh, I'm like,
I don't know why.
Touch to me is just so important.
So
when I sang that, I really was like, you,
I did my first headlining show and I couldn't even hear the music in my ears because they were
singing it with their whole spirit.
And then also on TikTok, they started this trend
where you show where you and a couple started and then you show where they are now.
And that is really beautiful to me because the song is about love and wanting it and the highs
and lows of it and the confusion of it, but the way it feels so good.
It's like a drug.
And so to see all of these people who are sharing their experiences or singing it from
their own personal life, I'm like, that's what I did.
We're all the same.
[C] [Em]
I had to open up my heart to get there emotionally.
I don't feel like you can
write a song like ICU with your guard up.
I had to talk to Rockette who helped me write it
[Eb] and just share everything so that you can get the most vulnerable and honest record.
For me, I think it's more important to make a song that [F] touches everyone than to protect
myself from a story that is meant to be shared.
It's so funny that the way I sang body six out to people.
I think honestly, I give a little credit to me being from Nashville
because there is a country twang to that something.
But I don't even know how I knew
that I could go that low besides country music and stuff around me that was always going low
and high.
I don't know.
It's just a thing that they do, but I wanted it to feel like, damn.
[Em]
[N] I feel like there's not going to be but a handful of people that really understand you.
But to have another person that comes into your life in this strange way to really understand
you is like, you get me.
This is so interesting and rare.
It's only a handful of people who get me.
Welcome to the party.
And now I can't be without you.
I don't know that I need in my life.
Yeah, yeah.
And though we may grow, I don't [D] know
why we don't grow up.
Baby, baby.
So when I talk about this feel and this soul,
it's this person's character.
It's deeper than the surface.
It's like the quality of you as a
human being.
You make me better.
Even if we aren't together, I need you to stay in my life in some way.
But we going to be together though because I'm crazy.
[N]
When you're in intensive care, there's a medical emergency.
And so,
turning my heart blue is like, I'm running out of oxygen here.
This is a medical emergency.
Get me to the nearest ICU immediately.
That's how I feel.
I feel like this is not a state of life
that I can live in without you.
So I guess I need you here to survive.
So that's why it's ICU
as well as ICU.
Help me.
The second verse, I wanted to share a different emotion.
And then it's kind of also like I'm
talking to my homegirls.
This is what we did.
First, we agreed that we was better as friends
because that's really how I talk to them.
First, we agreed that we better as friends.
I deleted every message.
I don't want to see that because then if I go back there,
I'm going to be like, oh my gosh, we did laugh at that one jiff.
I got to hit him back.
Gotta go.
Delete it.
Delete it.
Delete it.
And I might even delete the number too.
I don't know.
It
just depends.
If I really don't want to talk to you no more, I'm really going to delete the number.
[B] I don't know how we end up in the red is [D] also a double entendre.
One, it's like leaving you on
red, which is a thing we would always do when we were being petty with each other.
And then
especially when we're circling the block, it's kind of like leaving you on red because ICU,
tying you back into ICU.
But also, I don't know how we end up in the red is my heart starting
back up again.
I'm back alive.
And now my heart is beating fast because I'm like,
are we going to work this time?
Why are we doing this again?
How did this happen again?
Why?
But also, here we go again.
I felt like the song had to have this climb effect
because that's how I felt in the relationship.
It got to a point, it was so repetitive that
it was frustrating and I wanted to stop, but I could not stop.
I see you.
[N]
So when I sang the chorus again, it was meant to have the same theme, but even more frustration
and confusion.
You have to move on from this person.
And you're like,
I do not have the strength for this, but it has to be done.
There was another part of the song that we didn't know what to do with,
but we could not throw it away.
And it ended up being the outro.
And then Camper reproduced the
outro to make it piano and so beautiful.
And [E] it kind of does [F] end with this question mark,
do we stop this cycle?
Do we keep going?
But also I didn't figure out the why of this.
I still don't know.
So I'm just guessing.
I'm just making attempts at trying to understand.
Maybe I'm pissed off.
Maybe I'm lost.
I don't know what it is.
Maybe I just need you.
Maybe.
We'll see.
I think when I watched the crowd, they aren't ready for the song to be over either.
They're not ready for the story to be over.
I think it's kind of like your favorite movie.
If it could go on forever, I would definitely allow it to.
I love this movie.
And so when I
see them singing it with their hearts, I know that they're happy that there was more to say.
They're happy that the story's not completely over.
And then I also think for dramatic effect,
because I am an actress.
Also just ending it really solace like that.
They be living [Em] for it.
I think I actually, [F] when I was doing freestyling just to get the melody,
I think I did actually say there's something about your hands on my body.
Because is this TMI?
No,
no, no, no, no, it's not.
It's not.
I don't know.
Basically the, I'm love, love.
Stop.
My love language is physical touch.
And so anytime, even with my girls, I'm like, hey.
Especially with a guy that I like, even them being like, oh, I'm like,
I don't know why.
Touch to me is just so important.
So
when I sang that, I really was like, you,
Key:
Em
F
D
C
Eb
Em
F
D
I've seen how much this song is impacting people's lives.
I did my first headlining show and I couldn't even hear the music in my ears because they were
singing it with their whole spirit.
And then also on TikTok, they started this trend
where you show where you and a couple started and then you show where they are now.
And that is really beautiful to me because the song is about love and wanting it and the highs
and lows of it and the confusion of it, but the way it feels so good.
It's like a drug.
And so to see all of these people who are sharing their experiences or singing it from
their own personal life, I'm like, that's what I did.
We're all the same.
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
I had to open up my heart to get there emotionally.
I don't feel like you can
write a song like ICU with your guard up.
I had to talk to Rockette who helped me write it
[Eb] and just share everything so that you can get the most vulnerable and honest record.
For me, I think it's more important to make a song that [F] touches everyone than to protect
myself from a story that is meant to be shared. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's so funny that the way I sang body six out to people.
I think honestly, I give a little credit to me being from Nashville
because there is a country twang to that something.
But I don't even know how I knew
that I could go that low besides country music and stuff around me that was always going low
and high.
I don't know.
It's just a thing that they do, but I wanted it to feel like, damn.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] I feel like there's not going to be but a handful of people that really understand you.
But to have another person that comes into your life in this strange way to really understand
you is like, you get me.
This is so interesting and rare.
It's only a handful of people who get me.
Welcome to the party.
And now I can't be without you.
_ _ _ I don't know that I need in my life.
Yeah, yeah.
_ And though we may grow, I don't [D] know
why we don't grow up.
Baby, baby.
So when I talk about this feel and this soul,
it's this person's character.
It's deeper than the surface.
It's like the quality of you as a
human being.
You make me better.
Even if we aren't together, I need you to stay in my life in some way.
But we going to be together though because I'm crazy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N]
When you're in intensive care, there's a medical emergency.
And so,
turning my heart blue is like, I'm running out of oxygen here.
This is a medical emergency.
Get me to the nearest ICU immediately.
That's how I feel.
I feel like this is not a state of life
that I can live in without you.
So I guess I need you here to survive.
So that's why it's ICU
as well as ICU.
Help me. _ _
_ _ _ The second verse, I wanted to share a different emotion.
And then it's kind of also like I'm
talking to my homegirls.
This is what we did.
First, we agreed that we was better as friends
because that's really how I talk to them.
First, we agreed that we better as friends.
I deleted every message.
I don't want to see that because then if I go back there,
I'm going to be like, oh my gosh, we did laugh at that one jiff.
I got to hit him back.
Gotta go.
Delete it.
Delete it.
Delete it.
And I might even delete the number too.
I don't know.
It
just depends.
If I really don't want to talk to you no more, I'm really going to delete the number. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ I don't know how we end up in the red is [D] also a double entendre.
One, it's like leaving you on
red, which is a thing we would always do when we were being petty with each other.
And then
especially when we're circling the block, it's kind of like leaving you on red because ICU,
tying you back into ICU.
But also, I don't know how we end up in the red is my heart starting
back up again.
I'm back alive.
And now my heart is beating fast because I'm like,
are we going to work this time?
Why are we doing this again?
How did this happen again?
Why?
But also, here we go again. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I felt like the song had to have this climb effect
because that's how I felt in the relationship.
It got to a point, it was so repetitive that
it was frustrating and I wanted to stop, but I could not stop. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I see you.
_ [N]
So when I sang the chorus again, it was meant to have the same theme, but even more frustration
and confusion.
You have to move on from this person.
And you're like,
I do not have the strength for this, but it has to be done.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There was another part of the song that we didn't know what to do with,
but we could not throw it away.
And it ended up being the outro.
And then Camper reproduced the
outro to make it piano and so beautiful.
And [E] it kind of does [F] end with this question mark,
do we stop this cycle?
Do we keep going?
But also I didn't figure out the why of this.
I still don't know.
So I'm just guessing.
I'm just making attempts at trying to understand.
Maybe I'm pissed off.
Maybe I'm lost.
I don't know what it is.
Maybe I just need you.
Maybe.
We'll see.
I think when I watched the crowd, they aren't ready for the song to be over either.
They're not ready for the story to be over.
I think it's kind of like your favorite movie.
If it could go on forever, I would definitely allow it to.
I love this movie.
And so when I
see them singing it with their hearts, I know that they're happy that there was more to say.
They're happy that the story's not completely over.
And then I also think for dramatic effect,
because I am an actress.
Also just ending it really solace like that.
They be living [Em] for it.
I think I actually, [F] when I was doing freestyling just to get the melody,
I think I did actually say there's something about your hands on my body.
Because is this TMI?
No,
no, no, no, no, it's not.
It's not.
I don't know.
Basically the, I'm love, love.
Stop.
My love language is physical touch.
And so anytime, even with my girls, I'm like, hey.
Especially with a guy that I like, even them being like, oh, I'm like,
I don't know why.
Touch to me is just so important.
So
when I sang that, I really was like, you,
I did my first headlining show and I couldn't even hear the music in my ears because they were
singing it with their whole spirit.
And then also on TikTok, they started this trend
where you show where you and a couple started and then you show where they are now.
And that is really beautiful to me because the song is about love and wanting it and the highs
and lows of it and the confusion of it, but the way it feels so good.
It's like a drug.
And so to see all of these people who are sharing their experiences or singing it from
their own personal life, I'm like, that's what I did.
We're all the same.
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
I had to open up my heart to get there emotionally.
I don't feel like you can
write a song like ICU with your guard up.
I had to talk to Rockette who helped me write it
[Eb] and just share everything so that you can get the most vulnerable and honest record.
For me, I think it's more important to make a song that [F] touches everyone than to protect
myself from a story that is meant to be shared. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's so funny that the way I sang body six out to people.
I think honestly, I give a little credit to me being from Nashville
because there is a country twang to that something.
But I don't even know how I knew
that I could go that low besides country music and stuff around me that was always going low
and high.
I don't know.
It's just a thing that they do, but I wanted it to feel like, damn.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] I feel like there's not going to be but a handful of people that really understand you.
But to have another person that comes into your life in this strange way to really understand
you is like, you get me.
This is so interesting and rare.
It's only a handful of people who get me.
Welcome to the party.
And now I can't be without you.
_ _ _ I don't know that I need in my life.
Yeah, yeah.
_ And though we may grow, I don't [D] know
why we don't grow up.
Baby, baby.
So when I talk about this feel and this soul,
it's this person's character.
It's deeper than the surface.
It's like the quality of you as a
human being.
You make me better.
Even if we aren't together, I need you to stay in my life in some way.
But we going to be together though because I'm crazy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N]
When you're in intensive care, there's a medical emergency.
And so,
turning my heart blue is like, I'm running out of oxygen here.
This is a medical emergency.
Get me to the nearest ICU immediately.
That's how I feel.
I feel like this is not a state of life
that I can live in without you.
So I guess I need you here to survive.
So that's why it's ICU
as well as ICU.
Help me. _ _
_ _ _ The second verse, I wanted to share a different emotion.
And then it's kind of also like I'm
talking to my homegirls.
This is what we did.
First, we agreed that we was better as friends
because that's really how I talk to them.
First, we agreed that we better as friends.
I deleted every message.
I don't want to see that because then if I go back there,
I'm going to be like, oh my gosh, we did laugh at that one jiff.
I got to hit him back.
Gotta go.
Delete it.
Delete it.
Delete it.
And I might even delete the number too.
I don't know.
It
just depends.
If I really don't want to talk to you no more, I'm really going to delete the number. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ I don't know how we end up in the red is [D] also a double entendre.
One, it's like leaving you on
red, which is a thing we would always do when we were being petty with each other.
And then
especially when we're circling the block, it's kind of like leaving you on red because ICU,
tying you back into ICU.
But also, I don't know how we end up in the red is my heart starting
back up again.
I'm back alive.
And now my heart is beating fast because I'm like,
are we going to work this time?
Why are we doing this again?
How did this happen again?
Why?
But also, here we go again. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I felt like the song had to have this climb effect
because that's how I felt in the relationship.
It got to a point, it was so repetitive that
it was frustrating and I wanted to stop, but I could not stop. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I see you.
_ [N]
So when I sang the chorus again, it was meant to have the same theme, but even more frustration
and confusion.
You have to move on from this person.
And you're like,
I do not have the strength for this, but it has to be done.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There was another part of the song that we didn't know what to do with,
but we could not throw it away.
And it ended up being the outro.
And then Camper reproduced the
outro to make it piano and so beautiful.
And [E] it kind of does [F] end with this question mark,
do we stop this cycle?
Do we keep going?
But also I didn't figure out the why of this.
I still don't know.
So I'm just guessing.
I'm just making attempts at trying to understand.
Maybe I'm pissed off.
Maybe I'm lost.
I don't know what it is.
Maybe I just need you.
Maybe.
We'll see.
I think when I watched the crowd, they aren't ready for the song to be over either.
They're not ready for the story to be over.
I think it's kind of like your favorite movie.
If it could go on forever, I would definitely allow it to.
I love this movie.
And so when I
see them singing it with their hearts, I know that they're happy that there was more to say.
They're happy that the story's not completely over.
And then I also think for dramatic effect,
because I am an actress.
Also just ending it really solace like that.
They be living [Em] for it.
I think I actually, [F] when I was doing freestyling just to get the melody,
I think I did actually say there's something about your hands on my body.
Because is this TMI?
No,
no, no, no, no, it's not.
It's not.
I don't know.
Basically the, I'm love, love.
Stop.
My love language is physical touch.
And so anytime, even with my girls, I'm like, hey.
Especially with a guy that I like, even them being like, oh, I'm like,
I don't know why.
Touch to me is just so important.
So
when I sang that, I really was like, you,