Cool in Theory (80s Rock version)

LYRICS

Intro

I had a plan at 2 a.m.

It felt like something I could defend

Wrote it down on a receipt

Now it reads like abstract defeat

Verse 1

I said I'd change my life by June

Bought a guitar, can't keep it tuned

Started journaling for a week

Now the notebook's judging me

I made a playlist called “New Me”

It sounds like old anxiety

Tried to quit my phone at night

Watched three documentaries instead

Pre-Chorus

I get so close to something great

Then I complicate

Complicate

Chorus

It was cool in theory

In my head, so clear to me

I could almost be that person

If it came with less rehearsal

It was cool in theory

Perfect in a fake reality

But the version I believed in

Never shows up when I need him

Verse 2

Signed up for a 5 a.m.

Woke up once, then not again

Bought expensive running shoes

Now they just absorb bad moods

Told my friends I'm doing fine

Practiced saying it on time

Tried to meditate through stress

Fell asleep, I guess that's rest

Pre-Chorus

Every version I design

Falls apart on contact with time

Chorus

It was cool in theory

In my head, so clear to me

I could almost be that person

If it came with less rehearsal

It was cool in theory

Perfect in a fake reality

But the version I believed in

Never shows up when I need him

Bridge

Maybe I'm just better

At almost getting better

Maybe that's my thing

A near-miss everything

I build it up

I sketch it out

Then lose the plot

In minor doubt

Breakdown

Wait

No, this part sounded better earlier

Final Chorus

It was cool in theory

Kind of cinematic, honestly

I could almost see the ending

If I didn't keep pretending

It was cool in theory

Like a version I could be

But the closer that I get there

The less it looks like me

Outro

I'll try again tomorrow

That one's gonna work

I swear