My Mess

Album: My Mess, My Heart, My Life (2026)
Charted: 58
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  • Sisters crying, slamming doors, plates are flying
    I was born into a fractured family
    Where a word could start a war

    Lost my tongue when I spoke my piece, yeah
    He grabbed my shirt and bruised my cheeks
    Sad a man had to go toe-to-toe with a boy thirteen

    Oh, sorry I'm so goddamn indecisive
    I was raised just to do as I'm told
    And I hate the way that I'm still like this
    I'm still learning to walk on my own

    I tried changing the clothes I wear
    Even cut my friends off and dyed my hair
    But my roots run deep
    And the pain in my heart's still there
    (Yes)

    And I'm still not able to open up
    Even to the people that I love
    It's a burden, it's a cloud
    And it always seems to follow me around

    Oh, sorry I'm so goddamn indecisive
    I was raised just to do as I'm told
    And I hate the way that I'm still like this
    I'm still learning to walk on my own
    Sorry I'm so goddamn indecisive
    I was raised just to do as I'm told
    And I hate the way that I'm still like this
    I'm still learning to walk on my own

    This is my mess, my heart, my life
    This is my mess, my heart, my life
    This is my mess, my heart, my life
    This is my mess, my heart, my life
    This is my mess, my heart, my life
    This is my mess, my heart, my life
    This is my mess, my heart, my life
    This is my life

    Sorry I'm so goddamn indecisive
    I was raised just do as I'm told
    And I hate the way that I'm still like this
    I'm still learning to walk on my own Writer/s: Griff Clawson, Jesse Fink, Myles Smith, Peter Fenn, Samuel Elliot Roman, Steph Jones
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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