Friday Nights
Alone in the Crowd: Wyatt Pike's Friday Nights Unveils the Silent Struggles
Lyrics
High school days
Reflecting on the speaker's high school days.
Whip me around the place
Feeling controlled or influenced by the environment.
Scared of my peers
Experiencing fear or anxiety about peers' judgment.
And my ears seem to know what they'd say
Awareness of others' opinions affecting the speaker.
Do my arms look small
Concerns about physical appearance and self-esteem.
I feel three feet tall in a world of smiling faces
Feeling small and out of place amidst others' happiness.
Deep breaths get me through my days
Using deep breaths as a coping mechanism.
I wonder how I'd feel if it weren't this way
Contemplating how life would be different.
The fact is come Friday evening
Anticipation of Friday evening as a significant time.
I end up in the bathroom thinking
Reflection and introspection in the bathroom on Fridays.
Everybody's at this party with their friends
Observing others enjoying a party with friends.
I can taste my heartbeat in my throat again
Sensations of anxiety and heightened awareness.
Work me up to let me down and send me home
Experiencing disappointment after building up expectations.
Friday nights are better when I'm alone
Expressing a preference for solitude on Friday nights.
Friday nights are better when I'm alone
Reiteration of the preference for being alone on Fridays.
Football games
Attending football games and struggling with self-consciousness.
I try so hard to hide my face
Difficulty in hiding emotions during football games.
I have to be here
Obligation to be present during the senior year despite dislike.
It's my senior year but hell I hate this place
Expressing strong dislike for the current situation.
Deep breaths get me through my nights
Using deep breaths as a coping mechanism during nights.
I've always known something wasn't right
Recognition of an underlying issue affecting well-being.
The fact is on Friday evenings
Anticipation of introspective moments on Friday evenings.
I end up in the bathroom thinking
Reflecting on the surroundings during the Friday evening.
Everybody's at this party with their friends
Observing others at a party while feeling isolated.
I can taste my heartbeat in my throat again
Intense awareness of the speaker's own heartbeat.
Work me up to let me down and send me home
Experiencing disappointment and being sent home.
Friday nights are better when I'm alone
Reiteration of the preference for solitude on Friday nights.
Friday nights
Highlighting the theme of Friday nights being better alone.
Are better
Emphasizing the improved state when alone on Fridays.
Friday nights are better when I'm alone
Reiteration of the preference for solitude on Friday nights.
Work me up to let me down and send me home
Expressing the cycle of building up and then let down.
I said Friday nights are better when I'm alone
Stating the preference for being alone on Fridays.
Everybody's at this party with their friends
Observing others enjoying a party with friends.
I can taste my heartbeat in my throat again
Intense awareness of the speaker's own heartbeat.
Work me up to let me down and send me home
Experiencing disappointment and being sent home.
Friday nights are better when I'm alone
Reiteration of the preference for solitude on Friday nights.
Friday nights are better when I'm alone
Final reiteration of the theme of preferring solitude.
Some things changed
Noting a change in some aspects of life.
Something stayed the same
Acknowledging elements that have remained unchanged.
But I swear I've never been happier
Expressing a newfound sense of happiness.
I've taken the time
Emphasizing the speaker's commitment to personal growth.
To walk my line
Asserting that the speaker has never been happier.
And I swear I've never been happier
Reaffirming the speaker's current state of happiness.
Happier
Reiteration of the speaker's current happiness.
Never been happier
Stating the speaker has never been happier.
I swear I've never been happier
Final affirmation of the speaker's current happiness.
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