This song ain't gonna rhyme itself These words are just sitting on the shelf I've been staring at this page all night Nothing's wrong but nothing's right I tried a metaphor, it didn't stick Tried to be clever, just felt sick Had a hook but it swam away This song's got nothing it wants to say I've written love songs, I've written pain I've written sunshine, I've written rain But this one? This one's being difficult Like it's got somewhere else to be This song ain't gonna rhyme itself Can't find the words, can't find the help It's fighting back, it's putting up a wall Maybe this song don't wanna be a song at all Maybe it don't wanna be a song at all Tried fire and water, made some steam Sounded good inside my dream But when I sang it, something broke This song's determined to be a joke I've written ballads, I've written fun I've written midnights, I've written sun But this one? This one's got an attitude Like it knows something I don't This song ain't gonna rhyme itself Can't find the words, can't find the help It's fighting back, it's putting up a wall Maybe this song don't wanna be a song at all Maybe it don't wanna be a song at all Wait... What if this is the song? The one that kept refusing Was writing itself all along What if the mess was the message? What if the fight was the point? What if the song that won't be written Is the realest one I've got? This song finally rhymed itself! Found the words right off the shelf It fought back, it put up a wall But look at us — we wrote it after all! Look at us, we wrote it after all! This song didn't wanna rhyme itself But we showed it, didn't we?
