demo no.50: 'more like you' (Patreon)

WE GOT TO 50. HUGE

hey secret demo club, I hope you're as well as you can be this week. in the midst of chaos and unrest I'd like to try provide a moment of distraction - your may demo, 'more like you'. I started this one last year.. I loved the chorus but not the original verses (those of you on the top tier might remember it as a bonus demo). Then I tried 2 different versions of the verses (you heard another version of the verses on here during my 'first draft February' project).. then had a go again last month & it finally clicked into place! this one feels like a testament to a gut feeling, a testament to at last having enough time and headspace to come back to it. hope you like - as always I'd love to hear your feedback.

(p.s. happy birthday to Aliana who won the art competition - I planned to post the art and song snippet today but posting about anything other than what's going on in the world right now feels wrong. so I haven't forgotten, I'll get around to it when the time's right).

lyrics:

I love the way you sing

i’ve been trying copy every word you say 

i love the way you think 

you have this way of knowing it’ll be ok

where’d you get that confidence from? cause you wear it like a coat 

all this feeling second best 

oh it’s got me by the throat, I know 

that I’ve been obsessing in the worst way 

… (chorus):

I heard it from a woman on the internet 

she told me to eat well and try to love myself

then maybe I won’t wish that I was someone else 

tell me how 

...

look I don’t wanna fight

no I just wanna swap our bodies for a day

imagine I could drive

with the top down

back and forth across LA

and every time she mentions your name

oh she says it like a prayer

getting caught up on the syllables 

I wish I didn’t care

but no

maybe I’m the one she had to outgrow

…

(chorus)

...

and look

it’s true, true, true, true

I got these insecurities 

they’re all mine

the other day I caught myself just looking at pictures of you

(chorus)