FAWM: "Never Was A Cool Kid"

Never Was A Cool Kid

1 week ago by @carleybaer

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Never Was A Cool Kid

carleybaer

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Liner Notes

#pop

Imposter/outsider syndrome has followed me most of my life. As a kid I had dorky tendencies, I was a full-on horse girl, I moved schools at a formative age and have felt like an outsider in literally every situation ever since. I know now that the plot twist is that the nerdy kids were cool all along, and I'm better at letting my insecurities voice their concerns without giving them much credence. I'm also fairly sure that I'm ripping off hugely popular artists like Taylor Swift and Harry Styles to underscore that I'm not cool. I guess maybe that means I've finally arrived.

Lyrics

I never was a cool kid
Kind of a weirdo, liked to stay in my room
Singing, drawing pictures
Then we moved to a new town
I had to start again
And learn a new school, new life, new friends

I never was a cool kid
Hanging with grownups, and I’d listen to the way they’d shoot the shit
Grounded all the time, never did my homework
Never carried myself like the cool kids did

A long and winding road rolled out from under us
And I took my time doing the things that everybody did
From this side of time I find it ponderous
That I made it through and I can do what the cool kids do
Because I never was a cool kid

Never was a cool kid
And that shit sticks with you even when you make friends and a name for yourself
Always a little outside, a bit left of center
Always sorta kinda wishing you were someone else

Comments

@cloudcolor 2d

Omg I really LOVE the unexpected backing vocal behind "That I made it through..."

@paulhenry 1w

Yeah, so not original, but damn it's authentic. Great bop. Gonna make sure my daughter hears this.

@miga 1w

Yup, I can hear just a smidge of Taylor in this song and it completely works, especially with the self-conscious slant of the lyrics! Great music and production and so very relatable! I was just thinking about the fact that I often still wish I were someone else...

@edwinb 1w

Nerdy is cool! That's what I keep telling myself anyway. Nice beat. And I bet the cool kids don't write catchy tunes like this one.

@lmnomusic 1w

wow. this is not typically the kind of music that i listen to but you have successfully created a hit sounding pop song. catchy. cool lyrics. great harmonies. very well produced. excellent.