[Verse 1] They loved the last one, now they're waiting Every word I write feels like I'm failing Staring at this page like it's a test Where every line's compared against my best I don't know where to begin When the bar's already set so high How do you follow up the lightning? How do you catch it twice? (spoken/half-sung) Maybe a bass line here to ground the sound. [Verse 2] So I'm writing about writing, how original A song about a song, is that even lyrical? But maybe that's the point, I'm stuck inside my head Measuring each word against the things I've already said Delete, rewrite, second-guess This creative paralysis (spoken) Yeah, now bring the drums in, let's commit When did making music feel like I'm taking some impossible test? [Chorus] I'm writing a song about not knowing how to write About the fear of never getting it right Chasing ghosts of melodies that already played Trying to escape a shadow that I made Maybe that's the trick, just name what's true Stop trying to be better, just try to be new 'Cause I'm writing a song about writing a song And somehow that feels less wrong [Bridge] What if the last one was just... the last one? Not a blueprint, not a mountain to climb What if I stopped trying to recreate it And just trusted what comes out this time? Every song's a photograph Of who I was when I wrote it down I'm not that person anymore So why am I still trying to make that sound? Some strings would help, let them swell and rise [Final Chorus] I'm writing a song about not knowing how to write About the fear of never getting it right But somewhere in the struggle, somewhere in the doubt I found what this one's about It's not about being better, it's just about being true Each song is its own thing, not a retread of what you knew Yeah, I wrote a song about writing a song And now it's done, and I was here all along [Outro] (spoken)Okay, bring it back down, just like we started So here it is The follow-up The one I was so scared to write Listen to how far we've come From that first piano note to this ...I guess it turned out alright
