for the overthinkers ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ the top shelf ⚘ unhappy endings, track 2 [ duration ⋆ 3:33 ] ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ⚘ lyrics ⚘ you turned away couldn't even face my looming figure don't fit the role you picture the jack of all trades the star on a stage surviving rigor perfected behavior and i’ll waste my mornings applying concealer won’t bat an eye at the one that i know better i’ll fall down a tunnel and never reach the end ‘cause in the end it makes no sense so i’ll live in my misery obsessing, overthinking enough with the convincing still you couldn’t fix me gazing in the mirror couldn’t really see her store my fears on the top shelf trust that i won’t be myself everyone’s a tryhard establishing their place my desk is scattered dishes clattered i’m just a fragment of a sound the world’s a cloud i’m crashing out you have it great i’m going down and i’ll starve myself just to consume candy at twelve and lay forever on the couch and i’ll make them scared of me imagine that i leave ‘cause at least the judge is never guilty oh, i’ll live in my misery obsessing, overthinking enough with the convincing still you couldn’t fix me gazing in the mirror couldn’t really see her store my fears on the top shelf trust that i won’t be myself myself, i won’t be myself a fragment of a sound left in the lost and found a fragment of a sound despite it all i feel so small filling the room from wall to wall the lives you read in fiction don’t apply to now so how can i even achieve the things i dreamed about guess you can’t blame anyone else excitement fades hidden away the moral is don’t catch up too late i don’t know what to say can’t comprehend the ways i’ve dealt with all the fears inside my head and the ground’s too close for my aching bones you hate me now i’m just a fragment of a sound i’ll live in my misery obsessing, overthinking enough with the convincing still you couldn’t fix me gazing in the mirror couldn’t really see her store my fears on the top shelf and trust that i won’t be myself ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ⚘ notes ⚘ the top shelf is about a people-pleaser who is afraid of failure, yet finds herself always falling behind others. she fears the prospect of not making a big impact in the world, but doesn't want to put in the effort to try. she wastes her time focused on shallow things and hyper fixates on every social interaction, comparing herself to people who seem to be doing better. all she can see are her flaws. (aka me lol) wow i went crazy on the tempo on this one ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ lastly, unhappy endings is on many many streaming platforms! you'll find me there under the artist name sofauria. go stream <33 ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ep studio: ━━━━⊱⋆⊰━━━━ ⚘ credits ⚘ - lyrics, guitar, vocals, production, concept, and cover design by - recorded/produced using bl - covers designed using canva
