"The List" lyrics
"The List"
Oh, I have a hobby of picking myself apart
Leaving people I love waiting in the dark
And sometimes when I want to cry, I laugh
It's kind of funny
Oh, and this October I went falling off the edge
All of London must have heard the things I said
Put your hand up if I let you down again
There's a list of things that I should stop
List of things that I should stop
List of things that I should not be doing but I do 'em
It's a pattern that I got
I need to stop my excuses and have a real conversation
Need to look in the mirror, stop finding things that need changing
Need to stop getting drunk to avoid this situation
I need to stop letting myself down
I'll try something that I've not before
And like myself a little more now
Oh, I have got an attic full of damage in my mind
I box it up, say I'll deal with it another night
And I have a problem looking people in the eye
Isn't that funny?
There's a list of things that I should stop
List of things that I should stop
List of things that I should not be doing but I do 'em
It's a pattern that I got
I need to stop my excuses and have a real conversation
Need to look in the mirror, stop finding things that need changing
Need to stop getting drunk to avoid this situation
I need to stop letting myself down
I should shut up and listen, not try to fill every silence
I should stumble in love instead of running and hiding
I should stop getting drunk and showing up uninvited
I need to stop letting myself down
I'll try something that I've not before
Oh, I'm a master at dancing around the point
I know I call you but I hate the sound of my own voice
So can you talk? You know I'm stacking up
Until the night I'm not enough
And you're just someone else I disappoint
I need to stop my excuses and put my feelings in order
Need to look in the mirror and stand a little bit taller
Need to stop getting drunk as a reason to call ya
I need to stop letting myself down
Oh, I should shut up and listen, not try to fill every silence
I should stumble in love instead of running and hiding
I should stop getting drunk and showing up uninvited
I need to stop letting myself down
I'll try something that I've not before
And like myself a little more now
Writer(s): Sophie Frances Cooke, Maisie Hannah Peters
The line "I should shut up and listen, not try to fill every silence" was confirmed by Maisie Peters on Twitter to be one of her favourite ones in these lyrics.
Maisie Peters said of "The List", "It's about liking yourself, even in moments when you really really don't like yourself. It's also about coping mechanisms and my actual inability to look anyone in the eye, and my constant need to make jokes about anything even remotely sincere or sad."
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