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The song begins with a "somber" piano opening, followed by the lines "I've missed your calls for months it seems/ Don't realize how mean I can be/ Cause I can sometimes treat the people/ That I love like jewelry" sung by Halsey. Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone thought that its lyrical content "worries whether she'll ever like herself enough to let anyone get close to her". I've missed your calls for months it seems Don't realize how mean I can be 'Cause I can sometimes treat the people That I love like jewelry 'Cause I can change my mind each day I didn't mean to try you on But I still know your birthday And your mother's favorite song So I'm sorry to my unknown lover Sorry that I can't believe that anybody ever really Starts to fall in love with me Sorry to my. The song's instrumentation comes from piano, guitar and mellotron. Halsey's vocal range span from F 3 to Bb 4. Written in the key of A♭ major, "Sorry" has a tempo of 74 beats per minute. The song is a simplistic piano arranged ballad which lasts for a duration of 3:40 (three minutes and forty seconds). "Sorry" was written by Halsey and Greg Kurstin, the latter also producing the song. Problems playing this file? See media help.
A 30-second sample of "Sorry", a piano ballad about apologizing for rejecting a potential lover.