Before the Story Starts

Verse 1

Text thread from last Tuesday

Three words I keep replaying

Did I sound too eager

Or not enough

Staring at the ceiling

Counting every angle

What they meant by "okay"

I'll never really know

Pre-Chorus

My brain's a roundabout

Going nowhere fast

Looping every turn

Chorus

Overthinking everything

Nothing even happened yet

I've built a hundred endings

Before the story starts

And I'm tired of my own head

Tired of my own head

Verse 2

Coffee going cold now

Shirt I can't decide on

Ten minutes at the mirror

For nothing at all

Every little signal

Read like complicated

When it's probably just nothing

Just a passing glance

Pre-Chorus

My brain's a tangled wire

Sparks on every thought

Can't unplug the noise

Chorus

Overthinking everything

Nothing even happened yet

I've built a hundred endings

Before the story starts

And I'm tired of my own head

Tired of my own head

Bridge

Maybe I could quiet it

Maybe I could let it be

One deep breath (one deep breath)

One slow step (one slow step)

Maybe that's enough

Maybe that's enough for me

Chorus

Overthinking everything

Nothing even happened yet

I've built a hundred endings

Before the story starts

And I'm tired of my own head

Tired of my own head

Tired of my own head