On the same day as Taylor Swift's Reputation album drop, Beyoncé popped by to bless her fans with a new track from her and Eminem, 'Walk on Water.' In it Beyoncé admits her own insecurity being heralded as untouchable Queen Bey.
As a song cowriter, Bey makes it clear in the song's chorus that she and other entertainers aren't gods among men:
I walk on water/But I ain't no Jesus/I walk on water/But only when it freezes.
And in the bridge, the only other part she sings, she makes it clear that she doesn't know whether she deserves the adulation from her Beyhive and others, and that she's afraid of letting them down:
'Cause I'm only human, just like you/Making my mistakes, oh if you only knew/I don't think you should believe in me the way you do/'Cause I'm terrified to let you down, oh.
Her last line in the song, at the very end, reaffirms this:
If I walked on water, I would drown
Taken with Eminem's rapped verses on the same theme, it's a moving single. See the full lyrics here on Genius and listen to it below:
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she's not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
