overthinking - original song | Orla Gartland
a song about anxiety, written to try take back some power over it. join my secret demo club on patreon - http://www.patreon.com/orlagartland & huge love to Fender who were kind enough to gift me this gorgeous acoustic - it's one of their paramount series: https://www.fender.com/pages/paramount :) ............ lyrics & chords (capo 3): Am - (G) - F - Em - F - G (the first G is just a quick passing chord) I'm on an overcrowded train fighting an overcrowded brain and all these bags under my eyes hold up my compromise maybe I should change just everything, anything did you not learn anything in school? could have played by the rules could be happy in a different way struggling with the London rent they said it would be hard now I know what they meant I lose sleep, head stuck in the cereal bowl but I’m here for the music, I know distracted! can I say what I mean, can I mean what I say why can’t I figure out how I feel when I wake up everyday (pre:) Dm - G - (Em) (Em just a quick passing chord) Dm - G facing the world with the same old logic overanalysing everything is tragic and maybe some things they will never make sense so I tackle it all but I'm not making a dent (chorus:) F - C - G F - C - Em and I think my brain is breaking and it’s just myself I’ve been blaming it’s frustrating I just wanna know why and I know no good will come of it I wish that I could just be done with it but I’m sinking I just wanna know why i’m overthinking I'm an outcast, to be left behind I'm an extrovert with an anxious mind there's a danger that I'm gonna pour my heart out to a total stranger In a bar And they're not gonna wanna hear No, they're just there to sip their beer not hear about problems to solve “God this girl's so self involved” I play it out my head I'm trying to make good choices I hear voices they can't pick one side help! i look so stupid sitting there tongue tied meltdown! all i can hear is code red, code red got a problem in the control centre in my own head (pre) (chorus) .......... me on other parts of t'internet: twitaaaa: http://www.twitter.com/orlagartland facey-b: http://www.facebook.com/orlagartland insta: @orlagartland .................. love you and i am too excited for this year xxx
About Orla Gartland
Orla Joan Gartland is an Irish singer, songwriter and musician. Gartland released her debut studio album, Woman on the Internet, in 2021, which reached number 3 on the Irish album chart, number 1 on the UK Indie Chart, and number 10 on the UK Albums Chart. Her second studio album Everybody Needs a Hero came out in October 2024.
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