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TRYING ON SHOES
By Tate McRae
Taken from the deluxe version of the third studio album "SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? (deluxe)"
By Tate McRae
Taken from the deluxe version of the third studio album "SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? (deluxe)"
Kết hợp giữa Pop Ballad và Orchestral đầy mộng mơ, "TRYING ON SHOES" của Tate McRae nói về cách đối phó với nỗi đau sau khi chia tay bằng việc tạo dựng một vỏ bọc hoàn hảo bên ngoài. Hành động thử giày, trang điểm hay diện đồ lấp lánh trở thành lớp giáp, giúp cô che giấu sự đổ vỡ nội tâm và thể hiện sự thờ ơ mang tính trình diễn trước người cũ.
Qua đó, ca khúc khắc họa quá trình một người cố gắng tìm lại giá trị bản thân và tái định hình danh tính từ sự tổn thương, khi thiếu hụt sự ủng hộ trong mối quan hệ cũ. Dài 3 phút 2 giây, bài hát này đóng vai trò là track đầu tiên thuộc phiên bản cao cấp của album "SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? (deluxe)", phát hành chính thức vào ngày 21/11/2025 dưới dạng một lyric video trên các nền tảng nghe nhạc số.
Ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah
Don't know what country I'm in, but I know how I'm feelin' (My body's always right)
I knew I must've dropped my diary in the pool for a reason (Erased your every line)
Did you forget the kind of bitch with whom you're dealing? (If so, I can remind)
Yeah, I can fall in love hard, turn around and delete it (So I'm)
Tryin' on shoes, puttin' on glitter
Anything to make me a little less bitter
Favorite blue, take a pretty picture
Got you like, "F**k"
You'll swear to God that I'm someone else
I can't stop
You piss me off and I'll turn it out
I can't stop
You roll your eyes at all my shows, and God knows I see it (All I see is you)
I used to idolize you, baby, took a year to reveal it (And the hard truth)
Is I'm not what you need, it's hard to believe
You need a girl that isn't me, warmin' the seat
Stayin' at home, it's hard to compete with someone I'm not
And someone that I'll never be (So I'm)
Tryin' on shoes, puttin' on glitter
Anything to make me a little less bitter
Favorite blue, take a pretty picture
Got you like, "F**k"
You'll swear to God that I'm someone else (Yeah)
I can't stop
You piss me off and I'll turn it out (Oh)
I can't stop
(Ah) And maybe I'm not the girl that you thought
Or maybe you loved me once, but forgot (Ah, ah)
So, baby, go back to puttin' up a front (Mm, ah)
(Ah) And guess I thought wrong for thinkin' you'd wait, 'cause
I don't move on at your type of pace, and (Ah, ah)
Can we go back and talk at your place
Just, just once?
Tryin' on shoes, puttin' on glitter (Ah, ah)
Anything to make me less bitter
Favorite blue, take a picture (Ah, ah)
Got you like, "F**k"
You'll swear to God that I'm somebody else
I can't stop
You piss me off, yeah, I'm turning it out
I can't stop
