calgary by Tate McRae

Artist: Tate McRae

Genre: Pop

Length: 2:20

Titled after her home city, “calgary” sees McRae doubt her future, and wonders if she will ever get to where she wants to be in her life. Over a soft, repeated guitar melody, her vulnerability shines through, as she starts to contemplate whether she will ever change, even looking to pills as an answer, labelling herself as a “creature of habit”. McRae ends the track how it started, with her feeling like a child, at home in a place where she feels comfortable.

calgary lyrics

Yeah, mm
Same bar, same street
I'm 20, but I still feel like 15, oh-oh
Same fears, same dreams
Still tryin' to get my brother to like me, mm-mm
You said that I always seemed to land on my feet
But I got problems hangin' like a chain 'round my neck
Tryin' but I'm barely seein' past 23
And the best of me, right now, is lookin' a lot like a mess
I thought I had my sh- together
Can't lie, the pills are lookin' temptin', oh-oh
I thought that I was gettin' better
No, I got better at pretendin', oh-oh
Ah
Ah-ah
Old friends, downtown
They didn't like me then and don't like me now
I'm drunk, oh, wow
All my habits came back around
"I'll figure it out," that's what I say
Figure it out and take a break
I'll figure it out, maybe one day
I'll finally get my sh- together
Can't lie, the pills are lookin' temptin', oh-oh
I thought that I was gettin' better
No, I got better at pretendin', oh-oh
Ah
Ah-ah
Ah
Ah-ah
And I do it again, I'm a creature of habit
The moment's gone, but I'm still tryna catch it
Everyone left and I never got past it
Never got past it
Same bar, same street
I'm 20 but I still feel like 15

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