My Best Self (My Version)

I just got a new tattoo

Chaos in suburban shoes

I forgot what city life is like

A bit too old for cigarettes

And don't believe in side effects

But smoking cloves will probably make you blind

I don't know who I am much beyond twenty-two

All I know is I've got you

Help me love myself the way you love me

So who I am tomorrow is who I'm meant to be

If I could love myself the way you love me

I'd be bad and bold and beautiful and stronger than I think

The way you love me

All my friends feel good or bad

They take little pills for that

I take whiskеy neat with no advice

All thesе years I've played along

Cheeky looks and clever songs

Sign my contracts never thinking twice

And I don't know who I am much beyond twenty-two

All I know is I've got you

Help me love myself the way you love me

So who I am tomorrow is who I'm meant to be

If I could love myself the way you love me

I'd be bad and bold and beautiful and stronger than I think

The way you love me

Ooh, the way you love me

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh

What if I was never great?

My best self was '98

When I bleached my tips and listened to Sublime

Maybe one day I'll relax

But I'm too busy to unpack

I'll just be here running out of time

Help me love myself the way you love me

So who I am tomorrow is who I'm meant to be

If I could love myself the way you love me

I'd be bad and bold and beautiful and stronger than I think

The way you love me

Sing your song again

Go make a mess and call your friends

Swim the ocean, climb a mountain, don't you worry how it ends

If I could love—

Sing your song again

Go make a mess and call your friends

Swim the ocean, climb a mountain, don't you worry how it ends

The way you love me