Leanna Firestone - Becoming Unbecoming (Visualizer)

Becoming Unbecoming by leanna firestone

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►Lyrics:
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh
Googled community colleges
And then outpatient treatment centers
I made a pros and cons list
Weighing which one will fix me better
And my dad got sober but we still don’t talk
And I haven’t read all those books I bought
And I’m not gonna do it
Just gonna think about it a lot

Found a gray hair in the sink
And then put One Direction on
I can’t accept the inevitable
Unless I’m listening to their songs
And my girlhood spent crying over jeans
And the boys I liked that didn’t like me
And thinking I was broken
When I was actually just fifteen

Reinvention, superstition
In his image, new beginnings
Always scared of something
Becoming unbecoming
Georgia peaches, farthest reaches
Student turns into the teacher
Always scared of something
Becoming unbecoming
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh

I was there when all all the plans were made
But I wasn’t invited to them
Started talking to myself
I made an imaginary friend
Everything changed when my favorite dog died
And I got my heart broken for the first time
He did it on a Wednesday
He did it on a school night

Reinvention, superstition
In his image, new beginnings
Always scared of something
Becoming unbecoming
Georgia peaches, farthest reaches
Student turns into the teacher
Always scared of something
Becoming unbecoming

They used to call me smart
Call me bright, call me gifted
And a part of me took pride
In reading faster than other kids did
‘Cause when things were standardized
And I was timed, and I was tested
Then I could prove that I was worthy of love and attention
Now I’m no longer smart
No longer bright, no longer gifted
And I can’t read anything
If it takes me longer than fifteen minutes
Yet I still scrape and search
And crave to earn that validation
I’m becoming unbecoming
I’m not special, never have been

Reinvention, superstition
In his image, new beginnings
Always scared of something
Becoming unbecoming
Georgia peaches, farthest reaches
Student turns into the teacher
Always scared of something
Becoming unbecoming
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh

#LeannaFirestone #BecomingUnbecoming

[sandy_nes]

DUDE, THE CALLBACKS OF THIS???? I'M A SUCKER OF MUSICALS AND CALLBACKS ARE SO COOL WHEN WELL MADE, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT 🙏🙏🙏

[Carkeyyyy]

THEY USED TO CALL ME SMART
CALL ME BRIGHT
CALL ME GIFTED
AND A PART OF MY TOOK PRIDE IN READING FASTER THAN THE OTHER KIDS DID
😭😭😭

[aki_fletch]

I love how the "ooh~" at the beginning sounds kinda like an inversion of the "ooh" in Suneater. It feels like a nice callback to being "just the one who swallowed the moon", in this case realizing that the brightness you had was just a reflection of others' validation ("the only light that i have's just a reflection of you"). And once that validation is stripped away or is given less often as you grow up, you shine less brightly.

(RAHHHH I LOVE SONG ANALYSIS)

[mariaregina]

THIS IS ART. its so effing living with adhd, not being able to meet the "beauty standard" its all so hard

[maddied]

funny that 3 years later I’m hearing the first Leanna song I ever heard for the first time again

[Starlight_V]

THE WAY I’M BOPPING TO THESE SAD LYRICS 😭

[Amber..]

Omg the parallels between old songs make this somg so much better ❤❤❤

[dani_drawzz]

I STILL RMEMBER LISTENING TO THE VERY FIRST YOUTUBE SHORT YOU MADE OF THIS AND WIHSING IT WAS LOBGER 😭😭🙏

[aestheticlia]

wishing this was released earlier so i could've used the "thinking i was broken when i was actually just 15" for my 15th birthday a while ago

[kacipowers]

OMG, the gifted chorus is gorgeous. I can't believe she turned that into a full song after all this time 😍 that song is my anthem and hits so real

[bluerivera]

*CLAWING AND SCREAMING*
ITS FINALLY OUT
CANT WAIT TO SEE HER LIVE IN DC

[maribellabindao]

The fact that I waited for this until college is so worth it 🥺😭❤️😩

[lamenametsegang]

How can someone basically write my lifestory in a song? 😳 Thank you for such a beautiful song. ❤️

[mikeycerasnofan]

forever so proud of ur growth as an artist🥲

[tamersmusiclol]

im really interested in learning the meanings of each of the lyrics 👀this just became my new fave bc it became a reciprocration of my life especially the bits abt being bright, smart, gifted and especially the bit of getting my heart broken at age fifteen on a school night coincidence it was the same day of Wednesday too 😭

[-raecat-]

Can't wait to scream this in Atlanta (especially "Georgia peaches" lol)

[guest-bzrq]

I love this I seen a TikTok of it and had to look the song up!!

[ameliahuber]

I OMGG IT FEELS SO BEAUTIFUL HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!

[sarahsprole]

Why did I have to find this on a work day 😭 this is so good

[El_Stylinson]

AGHHHH IVE BEEN WAITING FIR THIS ONEEEE