1. |
Lovely Enough
03:28
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I wanna be the cool girl wanna keep it easy
Wanna make everyone fall in love with me
Beautiful, delicate, heavenly, like a dream
I wanna be the chill one down with anything
But I get a little jealous I wanna be invited
When I’m picking what to wear
I’m just hoping that they’ll like it
I don’t need any help, never be a burden
I could be myself just tell me what version
If I’m lovely enough
Will they love me enough
Will they stick around if they see me get messy
Holding my ground but I’m feeling unsteady
I keep it up
And I don’t know why
All that I hide that I bury inside just to be
Lovely
Oooh lovely, lovely
Just to be
Oooh lovely, lovely
I wanna make them nervous, sweet little mystery
But I’m on time tell everyone everything
Want that elegant, effortless femininity
But I fall on my face and got bandaids on my knees
If I’m lovely enough
Will they love me enough
Will they stick around if they see me get messy
Holding my ground but I’m feeling unsteady
I keep it up
And I don’t know why
All that I hide that I bury inside just to be
Lovely
Oooh lovely, lovely
Just to be
Oooh lovely, lovely
If I’m lovely enough
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2. |
Past Tense
03:23
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I’m beginning to imagine
What it’s like if I don’t have you
And I hate the way that feels to say
I’d check my phone a little less
But when shit goes down I’d wanna text
And I’d hate to call our time a waste
I don’t wanna be missing you
I don’t wanna be missing you
But I got things that I wanna do
And I don’t know if it’s with you
I’m not ready
To stop calling you baby
But I keep catching myself thinking in the past tense
I’m not ready
To give this up so easy
But I keep catching myself talking in the past tense
Remember how it felt so easy
In the summer with forever being
Just an eyelash wish away
We could go back, be those people
Find a way but baby we both know
It wouldn’t be the same
I don’t wanna be missing you
I don’t wanna be missing you
But I got things that I wanna do
And I don’t know if it’s with you
I’m not ready
To stop calling you baby
But I keep catching myself thinking in the past tense
I’m not ready
To give this up so easy
But I keep catching myself talking in the past tense
Maybe I’ll just take a moment
Taking the dogs ‘round the corner
Just need to clear my head
Every time I miss you gets me thinking
I won’t find someone else
Maybe we’ll talk in the morning
See what we still got in common
Find out if this is the end
Every time I miss you gets me thinking
I won’t find someone else
I’m not ready
Maybe we need to get away
To stop calling you baby
Maybe we have too much space
But I keep catching myself thinking in the past tense
Every time I miss you gets me thinking
I won’t find someone else
I’m not ready
Maybe baby we need a break
To give this up so easy
But I keep catching myself talking in the past tense
Every time I miss you gets me thinking
I won’t find someone else
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3. |
For an Evening
04:15
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For an evening
I thought you were the one
It came in pieces
Then hit me all at once
On the rooftop of your new apartment
Felt it there when you were walking me home
And when we ran into my friends
I paused as I said your name, I didn’t say
What you were to me
There weren’t words, but we both knew
Don’t go and pack your heart up
Promise me you’ll start again
And even better with someone new
Please have no regrets
I wish you all the best and
Know every moment meant something to me too
Cuz I already miss
You right beside me while we cross the street
I miss the way
You’d talk to strangers with your arm around me
And I even miss
The unevenness
Of the two of us hand in hand
Cuz for an evening there
As I’m leaving
I wonder if you wonder what I mean when
I say that it’s not you, no it’s just
Me, myself, and my stupid habit
Of breaking hearts as soon as i have them, oh
Ooh
Cuz when we ran into your friends
You smiled when you said my name
And from your face
They knew I was the one
You wouldn’t shut up about
Don’t go and pack your heart up
Promise me you’ll start again
And even better with someone new
Please have no regrets
I wish you all the best and
Know every moment meant something to me too
Cuz I already miss
You right beside me while we cross the street
I miss the way
You’d talk to strangers with your arm around me
And I even miss
The unevenness
Of the two of us hand in hand
Cuz for an evening there
You were my man
Mmmm, mmmm
Cuz I already miss
The way you’d wrap up both my hands in yours
I miss the way
You’d say hello when you’d open up the door
And I even miss
Our uneven kiss
And the way I felt for you then
Cuz for an evening there
You were my man
For an evening there you were my man
For an evening there you were my man
Mmm
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4. |
Think I'm Gonna Make It
02:54
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I’m going out
And I’m not thinking ‘bout where you might be tonight
I figured it out
I don’t miss you I just miss what it felt like
What it felt like
I was so scared to be lonely
How could I be lonely?
Got people to hold me up and
Almost feel bad to say it
But I’m in a good place yeah
Think I’m gonna make it without you
Feel it in my body breaking through
Can you see it in the way I move?
The way I move
Looking so damn good, I’d want me too
I’d want me too
Think I’m gonna make it without you
Think I’m gonna make it without you
Not gonna cry
Cuz all my friends are pouring drinks like waterfalls
I’m not gonna call
But I want you to know
If I kiss someone, it’s nothing personal
It’s not personal
I was so scared to be lonely
Got people to hold me up
Think I’m gonna make it without you
Feel it in my body breaking through
Can you see it in the way I move?
The way I move
Looking so damn good, I’d want me too
I’d want me too
Think I’m gonna make it without you
I’m back to me and something more
Someone I never knew before
Someone who knows just what they want
My heart’s in glitter on the floor
I kinda like this on my own
Dizzy in the afterglow
I’m going out
And I’m not thinking ‘bout where you might be tonight
Think I’m gonna make it without you
Feel it in my body breaking through
Can you see it in the way I move?
The way I move
Looking so damn good, I’d want me too
I’d want me too
Think I’m gonna make it without you
Think I’m gonna make it without you
Think I’m gonna make it without you
I was so scared to be lonely
How could I be lonely, got people to hold me
Think I’m gonna make it without you
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5. |
New Name to Heartbreak
03:34
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I see your name light up my phone
It used to give me such a rush
And now it only makes me anxious
Had to get used to calling you
More than a friend but now we’re
Back to friends
Or is that what I call you?
Ooooh
I really thought we had it for a minute
Ooooh
It’s never really what you think now is it
You give a new name to heartbreak
Got me on the floor and my hands shake
Knocking on the door but it’s too late, ah
Went a little far but I let ya
Only 18 when I met ya
Said I’m the only woman that gets ya, ah
You give a new name to heartbreak
You give a new name to heartbreak
Wish there was something that you said
Wish there was something that you did
Anything that could let me hate you
But I guess that’s just the way things are
What you want’s just not what I want
Last thing I’d wanna do is change you
Ooooh
I really thought we had it for a minute
Ooooh
It’s never really what you think or is it
You give a new name to heartbreak
Got me on the floor and my hands shake
Knocking on the door but it’s too late, ah
Went a little far but I let ya
Only 18 when I met ya
Said I’m the only woman that gets ya, ah
You give a new name to heartbreak
You give a new name to heartbreak
Oooooooh
Oooooooh
Oooooooh
Oooooooh
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6. |
Happy for Me
03:04
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Somebody told me that when they first met me
They loved my confidence, I knew just what I was
And I’m such an optimist, never knew what it meant
Cuz I’m overthinking it, over here thinking why can’t
I see what they see
I wish I could be happy for me
Don’t wanna look back and say
“Oh what a waste of the good times, baby”
I’m in the middle of a good time lately
I just want to be happy for me
Let go of this anxiety
Lean back laughing it’s all alright
Learn that worry is wasted time
Somebody mentioned that I could be president
But I wasn’t listening, too busy thinking if
I was just somewhere else, if I really loved myself
I could be anything
Maybe I could see all that they see
I wish I could be happy for me
Don’t wanna look back and say
“Oh what a waste of the good times, baby”
I’m in the middle of a good time lately
I just want to be happy for me
Let go of this anxiety
Lean back laughing it’s all alright
Learn that worry is wasted time
We don’t need no what ifs
What if we just make it
Out of our minds alive
Fake it for the moment
Shout it like you own it
Just make it out alive
I wish I could be happy for me
Don’t wanna look back and say
“Oh what a waste of the good times, baby”
I’m in the middle of a (I’m in the middle of a good time)
I just want to be happy for me
Let go of this anxiety
Lean back laughing it’s all alright
Learn that worry is wasted time
We don’t need no what ifs
What if we just make it
Out of our minds alive
Make it out alive
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Emily James Los Angeles, California
hi i'm Emily :) everything you need to know about me is in these songs
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