'Comin' In Cold' by Bailey Zimmerman – Lyrics & Meaning

With his sophomore album done and dusted, Bailey Zimmerman has been steadily teasing some of the tunes that are still to come from the hyped hitmaker.

His most recent of which comes by way of 'Comin' In Cold.' Having faithfully taunted the tune across social media and debuted it during his massive Sand in My Boots set, the scathing song is undoubtedly set to join previous releases like his Luke Combs-assisted 'Back Up Plan' and his full throttle 'New to Country'.

"All of this new music that y’all are about to hear is some of my best work yet," he has said of the upcoming project. "It feels so real and so true to what my life has been the last 2 years."

In that time, the young artist has climbed the ranks of country music, but he has also openly been on the lookout for love. 'Comin' In Cold' is the result of such an experience.

While 'Comin' In Cold' has not yet been released, what the star has shared on his platforms and select stages seems to be a hard-hitting, twanged-fueled anthem. Full of searing strings and carried on a bold beat, the arrangement emphasizes the tune's earnest message.

"She's little miss reckless, trainwreck in a red dress
She's all up in my head
And I'll guess she'll show up later tonight
Looking for a tab to put some trouble on ice
She's everything I want, nothing that I need
She always leaves a hurting on me"

Since the beginning of his country career, Bailey Zimmerman has been direct about his love life and search for a wife. He's been relatively unlucky in his quest toward matrimony and 'Comin' In Cold' touches on that misadventure, perhaps pinpointing the very reason for his misfortune.

In the song, he credits his poor choices and the woman, red flags and all, that he can't seem to stop chasing. Throughout 'Comin' In Cold', we meet said person, someone Zimmerman immediately introduces as "reckless" and a "trainwreck."

He's often anticipating a run-in with the woman, which he knows very well will only lead to trouble and end in pain.

"Speak of the devil, she must have heard me thinkin' about her
'Cause there she comes and there I go
Different night, same rodeo, I know I know better
But I got a way of holdin' on to the ones that let me go
Set me on fire and put me out like smoke
She's a heartbreak comin' in cold"

As if on queue, she shows up wherever he is, poised to wreak havoc on his heart. While Zimmerman attests that he knows better – in the song, he sings, "She's everything I want, nothing that I need" – he can't seem to help it, finding himself in the same predicament again and again.

Listeners are never told what this woman's sins are, but the artist swears she's forever up to no good. He claims, "She's a neon nightmare, bet you think it's going somewhere / Yeah, she'll let you get right there / Then I swear she'll go and let you down / She's about to do it right now, yeah."

She may be trouble, leaving broken hearts in her wake, but perhaps Zimmerman is also the problem here. He should have learned by now that if you play with fire, you're only bound to get burned.

When Zimmerman debuted the song during his massive Sand in My Boots set in Gulf Shores, Alabama, the artist got a little personal with festival goers.

"This next song is really about how my life has been the last couple years," he shared with the crowd, detailing, "Everybody knows I've been on a pretty hard search for a wife. I've been looking for a wife for a long time and still haven't found her."

The upcoming track seems to be driven by experience, as he explained, "It seems like every single time I start to really like somebody or get into them, it just crashes. I'm starting to think it might be me actually. Am I the problem?"

He went on to note, before diving heart first into the tune, "I'm very honored to get to play this next song. It's about having this girl in my life that I can't seem to get away from, and she just keeps ruining it, man. She just keeps messing me up. If you got something like that in your life, this one goes out to you."

Cold-old-old-old-old
Cold-old-old
Cold-old-old-old-old
Cold

She's little miss reckless, trainwreck in a red dress
She's all up in my head
And I'll guess she'll show up later tonight
Looking for a tab to put some trouble on ice
She's everything I want, nothing that I need
She always leaves a hurting on me

Speak of the devil, she must have heard me thinkin' about her
'Cause there she comes and there I go
Different night, same rodeo, I know I know better
But I got a way of holdin' on to the ones that let me go
Set me on fire and put me out like smoke
She's a heartbreak comin' in cold

Cold-old-old-old-old
Cold-old-old
Cold-old-old-old-old
Cold

She's a neon nightmare, bet you think it's going somewhere
Yeah, she'll let you get right there
Then I swear she'll go and let you down
She's about to do it right now, yeah

Speak of the devil, she must have heard me thinkin' about her
'Cause there she comes and there I go
Different night, same rodeo, I know I know better
But I got a way of holdin' on to the ones that let me go
Set me on fire and put me out like smoke
She's a heartbreak comin' in
She's a heartbreak comin' in cold

[Bridge?]

Speak of the devil, she must have heard me thinkin' about her
'Cause there she comes and there I go
Different night, same rodeo, I know I know better
But I got a way of holdin' on to the ones that let me go
Set me on fire and put me out like smoke
She's a heartbreak comin' in
She's a heartbreak comin' in cold

Cold-old-old-old-old
Cold-old-old
Cold-old-old-old-old

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