The Way You Used to Do

"The Way You Used to Do" is the second track, as well the first single for American rock band Queens of the Stone Age's sixth full-length studio album Villains. All music was composed by Queens of the Stone Age, while the lyrics were written by Josh Homme. It was released on June 15th, 2017 through Matador Records following a teaser trailer taking on the form of a comedy skit featuring the band performing a polygraph test with comedian Liam Lynch a day earlier, along with the announcement of a world tour that same year.

[Verse 1] When I first met her she was seventeen Seventeen Jump like an arsonist to a perfect match Burned alive [Pre-Chorus 1] We run 'til no one could find us Girl, we outrun everyone [Chorus] But it doesn't matter now Just come and love me how Like the way you used to do Yeah [Verse 2] Is love mental disease or lucky fever dream? Fine with either Gave birth to monsters who will terrorize normalcy, yeah They'll terrorize [Pre-Chorus 2] If the world exploded behind us I never noticed if it done Let nobody dare confine us I'll bury anyone who does [Chorus] But it doesn't matter now Just come and love me how Like the way you used to do [Bridge] Now The way you used to do [Verse 3] My heart, a ding-a-ling A puppet on a string C'est la vie So lay your hands across my beating heart, love [Pre-Chorus 2] If the world exploded behind us I never noticed if it done Let nobody dare confine us I'll bury anyone who does [Chorus] But it doesn't matter now Just come and love me how Like the way you used to do [Outro] Used to do Like the way you used to do Come and love me now Like the way you used to do Like the way you used to do