Sounds Like Me

I tried to write the way you do

With clever words and something true

I had a line about the sky

I crossed it out, I don’t know why

I tried another one instead

It sounded better in my head

The rhythm doesn’t always fit

But maybe I don’t mind a bit

I know this isn’t how you’d say it

I know you’d probably change that line

But every time I try to fix it

It sounds a little less like mine

So maybe this sounds like me

A little wrong, a little free

Not quite the song I meant to make

A little messy in some place

Maybe this sounds like me

Not who I thought I had to be

I don’t know if it’s good just yet

But I kinda like the way it went

I used to copy how you moved

The little things I thought were cool

The way you smiled, the way you sang

I even tried to stand the same

And I still think you’re really great

I hope that’s not a weird thing to say

But when I stopped and played this back

I didn’t hear you quite as much

There’s probably a better rhyme here

I tried to find one yesterday

But every word that sounded perfect

Made me want to throw it away

So maybe this sounds like me

A little wrong, a little free

Not quite the song I meant to make

A little messy in some place

Maybe this sounds like me

Not who I thought I had to be

I don’t know if it’s good just yet

But I kinda like the way it went

I thought I’d know when I got better

Like something suddenly would change

I’d sing one note and there I’d be

A different, better version of me

But I still miss some notes sometimes

And this guitar part’s really easy

I guess that’s fine

…I think that’s fine

‘Cause maybe this sounds like me

A little strange, a little free

Not quite like you, and that’s okay

I think I like it more that way

Yeah, maybe this sounds like me

And maybe that’s enough for me

I don’t know what comes after this

But…

I think I wanna write another one.

I think I wanna write another one.