Messy
Lola Young, This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, 2024
Writers: Lola Young, Conor Dickinson
Producers: Solomonophonic, Manuka, Monsune, Carter Lang
Label: Island
You know I’m impatient,
so why would you
leave me waiting outside the station
when it was like minus four degrees?
And I,
I get what you’re sayin’, I just
really don’t wanna hear it right now.
Can you shut up for like once in your
Listen to me, I took your nice words of ad
about how you think I’m sayin’ bye lucky if I turn thirty-three.
Ok so yeah, I
I’m so pretty and I dance like Britney every other
But cut me some slack,
who do you want me to
Cuz I’m too messy
and then I take long to
You told me get a job then you ask where on Earth I’ve
And I’m too perfect
’til I open my big
I want to be me, is that not a
And I’m too clever
and then I do something
You hate it when I cry unless it’s the end of the
And I’m too perfect
’til I show you that I’m
A thousand people I could be for you and you expect a whole
You expect a whole
You expect a whole
Hey,
It’s taking you ages, you still don’t
get the hint I’m not asking for pages,
but one text or two would be nice
and please don’t pull those faces. When I’ve
been out working at the gym all day
I can’t help myself I whine at
You can’t even talk,
you drink tea just to help you
Then why you out partying at four o’clock
and then you come home to
And don’t say hello ’cause I took a
and forgot to fold my
Cuz I’m too messy
and then I take long to
You told me get a job then you ask where on Earth I’ve
And I’m too perfect
’til I open my big
I want to be me, is that not a
And I’m too clever
and then I do something
You hate it when I cry unless it’s the end of the
And I’m too perfect
’til I show you that I’m
A thousand people I could be for you and you expect a whole
You expect a whole
You expect a whole
Oh, and I’m too messy
and then I take long to
You told me get a job then you ask where on Earth I’ve
And I’m too perfect
’til I open my big
I want to be me, is that not a
And I’m too clever
and then I do something
You hate it when I cry unless it’s the end of the
And I’m too perfect
’til I show you that I’m
A thousand people I could be for you and you expect a whole
You expect a whole
You expect a whole
You
You expect a whole