Overthinking

By Orla Gartland (2019)
On album Why Am I Like This? - EP (2019)

Why Am I Like This? - EP
[Verse 1]
I'm on an overcrowded train
Fighting an overcrowded brain
And all these bags under my eyes
Hold up my compromise

And maybe I should bail on everything, anything
Did you not learn anything in school?
Could have played by the rules
Could be happy in a different way

Struggling with the London rent
They said it would be hard now I know what they meant
I lose sleep, head stuck in the cereal bowl
But I'm here for the music, I know

Distracted!
Can I say what I mean? Can I mean what I say?
Why can't I figure out how I feel when I wake up everyday

[Pre-Chorus]
I face everything with the same old logic
Over analysing everything is tragic
And maybe some things they will never make sense
So I tackle it all but I'm not making a dent

No

[Chorus]
And I think my brain is breaking
And it's just myself I've been blaming
It's frustrating
I just wanna know why

And I know no good will come of it
I wish that I could just be done with it
But I'm sinking
I just wanna know why i'm overthinking

No no
And I just wanna know I just wanna know why
Oh oh
And I just wanna know why

[Verse 2]
I'm an outcast, to be left behind
I'm an extrovert with an anxious mind
There's a danger that I might just pour my heart out to a total stranger
In a bar

And they're not gonna wanna hear
No, they're just there to sip their beer
Not hear about problems to solve
“God this girl's so self involved”

I play it out my head
I'm trying to make good choices
I hear voices
They can't pick one side
Help! i look so stupid
Sitting there tongue tied

Meltdown! all i can hear
Is code red, code red
Got a problem in the control centre
In my own head

[Pre-Chorus]
Facing the world with the same old logic
Over analysing everything is tragic
And maybe some things they will never make sense
So I tackle it all but I'm not making a dent

No

[Chorus]
And I think my brain is breaking
And it's just myself I've been blaming
It's frustrating
I just wanna know why

And I know no good will come of it
I wish that I could just be done with it
But I'm sinking
I just wanna know why i'm overthinking

No no
And I just wanna know, I just wanna know why
No
And I just wanna know why

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