Aftermath (Edit)

By Dominic Fike

On Rocket

Released on August 15, 2025

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[Intro]

Hey, ho, woah, woah, woah

Hey, hey, ha, ah-ah

Yeah


[Verse]

I like to think about the aftermath

When everybody in the world walks just like this

Man, you have to laugh

Haha

I'd like to dedicate this to myself

When everybody in the world talks just like this

You don't have no one else

Blah, blah, blah

And when I think about you, bless your heart

With everybody on your back, tryna tell you how to act

So you dress the part

Haha

I only think about you half the time

We get to bringin' up the past, I be runnin' out of laughs

And I have to cry

Cry


[Outro]

(My feet, both my feet, both hurt)

(From walkin' away)

(Feet, both my feet, both hurt)

(From walkin' away)

“(My feet, both my feet, both hurt) (From walkin’ away) (Feet, both my feet, both hurt) (From walkin’ away)”
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Dom here is saying:“I wanna go away from her, but it hurts, so i’d rather stay here, but i have to go”

“And when I think about you, bless your heart With everybody on your back, tryna tell you how to act So you dress the part”
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In a 2025 interview with Coup De Main, Dominic Fike says:

It’s pity for this person who’s constantly trying to make music. This song is about the music industry in a way, too. “And when I think about you, bless your heart / With everybody on your back, tryna tell you how to act, so you dress the part,” that’s a part.

That’s something I constantly feel for upcoming artists because I’ve been there, and I’m always like, ‘Damn, I know how it feels for everybody to be tossing their opinions on you and wanting you to dress how they dress, and wanting to be the one that told the guy that this day they put you in this thing, and that’s why you’re dressed like that when you’re on stage… Hey, those are my shoes you’re wearing!’ Shit like that. I know that hunger and that thirst from all sides, and I pity it, seriously – god damn, that sucks because I know it, and I’m glad that I’m out of this rat race.

“I only think about you half the time We get to bringin’ up the past, I be runnin’ out of laughs And I have to cry”
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Dom is trying to get over his previous partner, but still thinks about her sometimes. When they reminisce together, he laughs with her but deep down he is hurt and longs for the relationship back.

“I like to think about the aftermath When everybody in the world walks just like this Man, you have to laugh”
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hes talikng about how he feels as if he dosnt fit in with the rest of his musical peers and how they are in a way and that he is constantly trying to catch up to them but he cant seem to