One of my favorite questions to ask people is, "What's your favorite lyric?" Few people automatically think of a line that left an impression on their mind.
A lot of lyrics mean too much to me. Sometimes I never hear the song again, sometimes I listen to it 100 more times. But when they mean too much, I write them down. I have a wall in my room that I have written many of these on for the past year and a half.
*written in the order of hearing them*
I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I've never known the loving of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was
Holding my hand
Ten decisions shape your life
You'll be aware of 5 about
7 ways to get ahead
7 reasons to drop out
When I said "I can see me in your eyes"
You said "I can see you in my bed"
That's not just friendship, that's romance too
There is a time when we all fail
Some people take it pretty well
Some take it all out on themselves
Oh all the girls played mental games
And all the guys were dressed the same
Emily, yeah
You're so spiteful and so mean
With your afternoon routine
You don't know why I'm upset, neither do I
I'm fine if you'll let me be alone when I cry
You’ll have to lose all them childish notions
If you’re gonna let these American boys
Put another dent in your life
To find someone who cares is getting
Harder to find
If I could go back to the day we met
I’d probably just stay in bed
The only one who’s got enough of me to break my heart
I’d do anything for you
But would you do that for me, too?
I’ll be your biggest fan and you’ll be mine
But I still want to break your heart
And make you cry
Never been a liar,
I'm a lilac
We woke under a blanket
All tangled up in skin
Not knowing in that moment
We'd never speak again
But it was perfect
I never will forget
When we owned the night
Emily, we can work this out
But it'll hurt you, child
How's that broken heart for you?
How's that workin' out?
Being blue is better than being over it
Kiss me on my neck
Tell me all your fears
'Cause the rush of love is gone
I'm tryna find out why it disappeared
Do you remember
Our love in June
That shit was so real
But there's patches on my fingers that won't heal
There's patches on my fingers that won't feel
Why'd you have to fucking disappear
I don’t wanna lose myself loving you
A word only a sound if you misuse it
You took your smile back to New York but you left your toothbrush
And I hope you bought a new one but I'd love you toothless
I lost myself in fear of losing you
At the party tonight
You said you couldn't leave my sight
'Cause you don't seem to like
The way the boys say I have pretty eyes
Just because you’re hurting doesn’t mean I’m not
If it doesn’t go away by the time I turn 30
I made a mistake and I’ll tell you I’m sorry
Sorry I didn’t kiss you
But it’s obvious I wanted to
I used to think you're the only thing bright like the moon
Do you still scroll through them texts messages
Got me thinkin' 'bout the things that you said
It was real
I wanna know if you’re not okay
But I get too attached to the things you say
I don’t wanna be your friend
I wanna kiss your lips
Paint a picture in my brain, encapsulate the fleeting feeling
It ricochets, replace my pain 'til every trace is leaving
I just set the record, baby you are not the one
And though it's all a game, I want it
You've come out here to waste my time
As I'm saying, go ahead and waste it
You check your complexion
To find your reflection's all alone
I had to go
Is it longing that you're drawing to?
Could it be that he has got me when it's you?
I'm just black licorice
And all the people that I know
Would rather leave me in the bowl
I'm in love
But not with anybody else
Just wanna get to know myself
I know supposedly I'm lonely now
Know I'm supposed to be unhappy
Without someone
But aren't I someone?
everyone just wants to be in love
You don't know what love is
If you don't put up a fight
You don't know what love is
If you don't stay up all night, crying
Boy and you don't know what love is
If you're too good to call a million times
You’re afraid of the things in your life that you might just lose
The only time you're slept on is when I’m dreaming
And the best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
It's only life after all
Sometimes I just want somebody
Someone who reminds me
That they’ll always love me
When the truth is
I miss you
I started looking for excuses
Come on in
I've gotta tell you what a state I'm in
I've gotta tell you in my loudest tones
That I started looking for a warning sign
I crawl back into your open arms
I stopped by the bar at three A.M.
To seek solace in a bottle, or possibly a friend
I've gotta start keeping my distance
Cuz I don’t wanna fall again
The day that I met you I started dreaming
Floating, but I feel like I’m dying
Every single word you say makes me feel some type of way
It's the thought of you that slightly scares me
The day that I met you I started dreaming
Now I write 'em down if I remember in the morning time
What to do
Cuz I never stay too long
and lately I am just an after thought
Why don’t you cry?
I wanna live like I mean it
You make me wanna cry in a good way
I would do anything to
Get you out your room
25 when I got sober
Couldn’t seem to pass the time
I think I’m really lovesick
Can you please tell me the
Remedy
If we’re gonna die
Let’s die somewhere pretty
It's like the only time I see your face
Is when mine is on my pillow case
Why do I crave your attention?
Go back to a time when I was just a girl
When I had the whole world
Gently wrapped around me
A lot is gonna change in your lifetime
Sorry for not knowing
This is smaller than it seems
I think I hate you but I don’t know why
I'm just a kid
I suffocate and slip
Tell you how I felt
Sugar coated melting in your mouth
Do I stay on your mind like you do or am I just afraid?
I made him perfect because I wanted him to be
Why are you just stuck in my brain?
I wanna be your support
I wanna feel your pain
I know we weren’t together
But we’re more than friends
I’ll never be
The girl of your dreams
I’m just the girl that you need
Younger me thought this'd be more bittersweet
But we never noticed how long it'd been
Got too caught up in the life we were living
I'll tell myself another lie and pretend that you were never enough
But you were always enough, you were almost too much for me
When you feel so tired
But you can’t sleep
I even thought I couldn't be sadder than that
I am
I wanna be just like
The girls you like
I wanna be what you fantasize
When you’re too in love
To let it go
If you never try you’ll never know
Just what you’re worth
There is no reason and no rhyme
There is no reason, no alibi
For those we love and those we must bid goodbye
There's just a moment too soon
Or a second too late
When you get what you want,
But not what you need
I wouldn't dare try
See, I know not of life and even less of loss
So I wouldn't dare try
Not god
Not us
But something in the middle
As I'm getting older, chip up on my shoulder
Rolling through life, to roll over and die
My heart's seen things I wish it didn't
Somewhere I lost some of my innocence
And I miss it
I miss it
Oh mama, actin' like my life's already over
Oh dear, act your age and try another year
DON'T TAKE ME FOR GRANTED
I'M NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL
But it is easy when you’re older
To figure out the things
That do and do not work
Don't buy me red roses
Don't be such a poser
Don't try to seduce me too
You'd like me ecstatic
I know I'll regret it
If I don't tell it straight to you
I'm not romantic
Don't be dramatic
'Cause I'm not romantic
You can only like me when you're drunk
I wouldn’t ask you to take care of me
We had it all
And you were my friend
We're gonna stay out
Gonna break some hearts
We're gonna dance
Till the dance floor falls apart
If I'm always on the run, playing deaf and playing dumb
I can tune it out
For all the things my hands have held
The best by far is you
If you're a woman, you were made to pleasure me
But out in public, hide them shoulders underneath
We’re too young to be this nervous
But when your eyes are leaking
That's my weakness
When your smile's in pieces
That's when I feel it all
I'm nervous couldn’t tell you why
Piece it all
Back together again
But I think we were healing
Even though we didn't mean to
Sometimes the only way to get over hurt is to hurt
Why does every love song remind me of you?
I'm trying to write these songs
I always end up writing about you
Truth is I think about you often
After laughter comes tears
Living in hell ‘cause we lost faith in the place up above
I don't wanna be funny anymore
Lately, I've been feeling like the odd man out
I don't wanna be funny anymore
I got a too short skirt, maybe I can be the cute one
Pass it on, she's done with the old times
That funny girl doesn't wanna smile for a while
In five years I hope the songs feel like covers
Dedicated to new lovers
Pay for my coffee
And leave
Before the sun goes down
Why did I come here? To sit and watch you stare at your feet?
Without you I am surely the last of our kind
Now bite your tongue, it's too dangerous to fall so young
Take back what you said
Can't lose what you never had
Try not to laugh
I know it'll be hard
I'm serious
I know it's a first but.
Maybe I should try harder...
You should lower your expectations
I'm no quick-curl barbie
I was never cut out for Prom Queen
You can come to mine, but both my roommates are home
I used to like to go out before I met you
Now I just go out to forget you
I wanna hit you
Just to see if
You’ll cry
Keep knocking on wood
Hoping that
There’s a real boy inside
I don’t want your Instagram
Just want you to hold my hand
Trynna get connected
I don’t need no wifi
I can’t get you out of my head
Like my favorite song
Every day's your birthday
You threw a party but you kinda hate all your friends
So you're cryin' in a driveway
Killin' time, gettin' high, can't wait 'til it ends
There he goes
There he goes again
Racing through my brain
And I just can’t contain
This feeling that remains
Put your hand in mine
You know that I won’t stop
Until I make you mine
Lately I've been feeling strange
And everybody's telling me to act my age
I never thought that everything I had, would fade away
Where did all my friends go?
Standing on our street but nobody’s home
Fight or flight, I'd rather die
Than have to cry in front of you
Fight or flight, I'd rather lie
Than tell you I'm in love with you
How are you feeling? How are you doing?
I'm sorry, I just wanted to hear your voice so clear
Why would you ever kiss me
I’m not even half as pretty
I can’t be the kiss that you don’t need
The lie between your teeth
"I don't love you anymore"
A pretty line that I adore
Five words that I've heard before
No one will love me now
Cuz you’re all I can talk about
You keep me on a rope
And tied a noose around my throat
You're gone then back at my door
If I get more pretty, do you think he will like me?
A perfect world is never perfect
Only filled with lies
I CAN'T GO FOR THAT!
I've never seen a mouth
That I would kill to kiss
And I'm terrified
Sour apple baby, but you taste so sweet
I'm a sad girl, in this big world
It's a mad world
All of my friends know what's happened
You're a bad thing (ah!)
I can’t go for being twice as nice
Use my body now you want my soul
You pushed away
I held you close
Aren't you the guy who
Tried to
Hurt me with the word
Goodbye
Boys will be boys
But you’re not like
The other ones
What will I do
Without you
When tomorrow comes
All I do is think of you and cry
Life's a losing game
When you don’t play
Feel gangsta every time
I see ya
How far away can I walk
Till I’m too far from home
She said she never been in love
All she ever did was give a love
Everyone they only take a love
So you scared of love
I don’t blame you love
You should take it as a compliment
That I got drunk and made fun of the way you talk
You should think about the consequence
Of your magnetic field being a little too strong
You should take it as a compliment
That I’m talking to everyone
Here but you
If you've got a girlfriend, I'm jealous of her
But if you're single that's honestly worse
'Cause you're so gorgeous it actually hurts
Ocean blue eyes looking in mine
I feel like I might sink and drown and die
Girl you shouldn’t be so scared to fall in love
You make me so happy, it turns back to sad
There's nothing I hate more than what I can't have
Please don’t ever become a stranger
Who’s laugh I could recognize anywhere
If you can see it from the front
Wait till you see it from the back
I thought that I was dreaming
When you said you love me
And the more and more I drink, I am afraid
That I'm just killing myself
Got me fearing for my health
I'm scared that Hell is just a place on Earth
And I pray to God I leave
Before Satan pours another drink
I’m used to being see through
But it feels so bad when it
Happens with you
And you showing off
But it’s alright
This is your life
I'm just trying to be cool
It's all because of you
Of all the things you wished you’d never done
I’ve heard you say this is number one
Don't dream of all the ways things could have been
Remember all the faces you let in
Remember all the faces still unseen
And soon enough, you'll see just what I mean
A week or two at home and you'll want more
Let her know you love her if you do, boy
Let her know what's on the road ahead
Cheers to you for never breaking down
So surprised you ever came this far
You've always felt it's hard to voice complaints
But what you voice is what will drive your fate
And old things never really got that bad
Dreams of greener grass'll drive you mad
They say it’s better to have loved and lost
Than to not have loved at all
Some people think it’s supposed to hurt
Like it couldn’t be real
If he’s putting you first
All you gotta do is
Leave it better
Than you found it
I came round the back road
Didn't have no make-up on
You said you loved me
I said: darling, don't be dumb
Is it a crime that I’m just trying to hold you?
This mess is worse than what I thought
It's not just clothes thrown on the floor
I've done this too many times before
And that's why I need you to
Clean me up
I know the plan was just one night and act like strangers
But I told a lie
'Cause I crossed my fingers
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Don't blame me for fallin'
I was just a little boy
Don't blame the drunk caller
Wasn't ready for it all
I'm young and in love with someone who don't love me
I'm dumb, I get drunk to pretend that he does, see
I live and I learn but forget all the lessons
Is it alright
To feel this way
So early
You gave me your jacket
I said I don't feel the cold
Maybe I'm damaged
I don't feel a thing at all
I promise one day I’ll feel fine
How did I try
To get you off my mind
Could this be the end
Of you and I for now
Hope that I see you soon
Don’t know what I would do
My heart is under the weather
I know that I'm the only
One who can heal it
I'm on my own
I try to beat the struggle for you
But that's just too hard for anyone to do
You wanted to show me
That it wasn't just because
You were lonely
Time is fading away
I should've said it sooner
I know that you think you sound silly when you call my name
But I hear it inside my head all day
Every night
Think of things I can't do or haven't done
It doesn't make me weak, sometimes I feel like I can't breathe
Don't you wait for something more
I'll still be sinking to the floor
When’s the last time you called me
Just to say hi?
Feelings are so fragile
Egos are always blown
Temporary people
Temporary feelings
Everything's so pointless
Say a bunch of stuff
Make me fall in love
Then we'll give it up
Well, so tired of being so tired
Why I gotta build something beautiful just to go set it on fire?
Wait I can't fall in love, just yet
But I wanna fall in love
But don't wanna waste it all
On someone who comes and goes
Like that
But Grace only likes guys that are in love with her
But I can't be falling in love
Stop man just fall in love
He feels handcrafted just for you
But he's a little bit too far away
Prolonged eye contact in casual conversation
I'll give you to someone better
I have friends that'll be on Earth for longer
I have friends that won't feel like monsters being unwanted
And wanting too much
Being unwanted
And wanting too much
Feeding the idea of you
Leaving you starving
I knew it was you the whole time
I knew it was you while I was with him
I knew it was you when you sang me that song you wrote about her
And you know you love him
And you might be(fall) in love with him
And you know you love him
And you're falling in love with him
I kissed every stranger in the corridor that night
I think I was searching for a taste of you in everyone
Why can’t you want me
Like the other boys do
They stare at me
While I stare at you
I simply want him more
Because he looks the other way
Voted most likely to end up on the back of a milk box drink
Looks like I'm letting them down
They were just 16
When the people were mean
So they didn’t love themselves
And now they’re gone
Headstones on a lawn
Take a walk inside my mind
See the thoughts that hide in here
I hope whoever it is holds their breath around you
Cuz I know I did
I’m not your type
Wishing you’d take some time
to realize
Call me Dahmer cuz your hearts so tasty
Feeling like Violet Beauregarde
Chewing on time like a chocolate bar
‘Cause they loved one another
But never discovered ‘cause they were too afraid
Of what they’d say
Moved to different states
Can’t visualize me without you
So I’ll reinvent the girl I knew
I’m afraid that’s just the way the world works
It ain’t funny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sweet
I blamed it on high school
Eight hours a day
Of searching for yourself
In the same place
Talking with my mother
She said where'd you find this guy
I said young people fall in love
With the wrong people sometimes
You can think that you're in love
When you're really just in pain
I’m not into sometimes
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
But don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Never been in love before
What the fuck are fucking feelings yo
Once upon a time I was a hoe
Now I don't even wanna hoe no more
Often I am upset
That I cannot fall in love but I guess
That avoids the stress of falling out of it
Just turned 14 and I think this year I’m gonna be mean
You’ve got so much to do
And only so many hours in a day
Don’t even go near a mirror
It’ll kill ya
Trust me you don’t wanna see yourself
Shut up, count your calories. I never looked good in mom jeans.
When you cry
You waste your time
Over boys you never liked
Can you not be so obvious
And I hope the love that you find
Swallows you wholly
Like you said it might
And otherwise
If only sometimes
Would you give it up, blue eyes?
Why does it feel like I'm older than I ask to be?
I’m so tired of moving on
Spending every weekend
So far gone
That’s how I end up again
Every time I think I find love again
There is goes
It’s a shame
that you and that heart of yours
Took your time
Built it all up and just
Let it fade
She might seem perfect and gorgeous and lovely
You may think she likes you
I mean I thought she loved me
Neither of us will get down from the shelf
The only one she loves is herself
All I have is myself at the end of the day
You’re just one click away
From something real or fake
Are you into me,
Like I’m into you?
Make me crazy, make me old
Save me roses, text my phone
Didn't mean to hurt you
Then please explain my broken heart
***Good companion, but not compatible
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know who I am
I wish that I felt passion once again
I’m well aware
I write too many songs about you
Never thought that you'd be able to
Let me fall in the worst way
Pushed everyone away
Just to make you my priority
