My Mistake Lyrics
I got up late again today
And I'm scared of everything
I don't dare to dream
I've got a dark imagination
These hours waste away
A debt I'll never pay
I'm talking to the walls
But the walls keep caving in
They amplify my thoughts
I really want a conversation
But I let it slip away
A debt I'll never pay
[Pre-Chorus]
Worry, worry, oh
It's funny how it changes
When nothing really changes at all
[Chorus]
Am I jaded? Am I meant to feel this way?
I'm a loser, getting beat by my own game
But if I falter, well, at least it was my mistake
Oh, at least it was my mistake 'cause I choose to be this way
I'm a loser, and I self-deprecate
So when I falter, well, at least it was my mistake
I saw my friend today
She tried to comfort me
But I turned her away
There's magic in this misery
So no matter what you say
I don't think I'll ever change
[Pre-Chorus]
Worry, worry, oh
It's funny how it changes
When nothing really changes at all
[Chorus]
Am I jaded? Am I meant to feel this way?
I'm a loser, getting beat by my own game
But if I falter, well, at least it was my mistake
Well, at least it was my mistake 'cause I choose to be this way
I'm a loser, and I self-deprecate
So when I falter, well, at least it was my mistake
[Bridge]
And I don't really care about what anyone says
I don't give a damn about what anyone says
I don't want to think about anything
I don't want to think about anything
And I don't really care about what anyone says
I don't need opinions hanging over my head
I don't really care about anything
I don't really care
I don't really care at all
Am I jaded? Am I meant to feel this way?
I'm a loser, getting beat by my own game
But if I falter, well, at least it was my mistake
Well, at least it was my mistake 'cause I choose to be this way
I'm a loser, and I self-deprecate
So when I falter, well, at least it was my mistake
[Outro]
Well, at least it was my mistake
Well, at least it was my mistake
About
“My Mistake” is the first single from Gabrielle Aplin’s third album, Dear Happy. It is a piano ballad about accepting and owning your flaws.
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I’ve always found writing a therapeutic escape from real life, but this song gently forced me to be brutally honest
Aplin said in a release
On the day I wrote it, I was scheduled to turn up and write a song with people I didn’t know.
I usually love that situation, but I just couldn’t do it that day. I was overwhelmed, tired, anxious, stressed. So instead of trying to write a song, we just decided to be brutally honest. Not try to flower anything up, or be poetic. Just purely the feeling of accepting you feel awful … owning it.
