overthinking - original song | Orla Gartland

a song about anxiety, written to try take back some power over it.

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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)

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love you and i am too excited for this year

xxx

[DavidTriangle]

reminds me a little bit of twenty one pilots vibe and i LOVE it

[chawuggle]

"there's a danger that i might just pour my heart out to a total stranger in a bar they're not gonna wanna hear. they're just there to sip their beer not hear about problems to solve and 'god this girl's so self-involved!' " I LOVE THIS SONG

[WififorJolie]

"I'm an extrovert with an anxious mind" shoot that's me
aight imma head out

[caseylove]

All the lyrics from "I'm an extrovert with an anxious mind" to "control centre inside my head" are so perfect they gave me actual goosebumps

[eve]

I don't think I've ever seen someone so passionately expressing their music. I'm honestly absolutely in love with your style of singing. Those facial expressions, and especially the lyrics of this song. I'm so happy for you that you'll be able to release even more music you're passionate about and I'm already looking forward to it! 😊🌻

[laurencepavittlondonunited]

100% Singing Voice
100% Instrument Playing
100% Talented Musician

[clarahansen]

Insane. I haven’t related to a song so much in a very long while

[smilewithmel]

This is why I love your channel so much! Every original is so unique! 🙌

[OkenWS]

Your timing is amazing - I'm being destroyed by anxiety this week and it's a year since I completely lost my mind from it. Sure I've come a long way but every time I have a bad patch it's so scary to think of going back! Overthinking is such a painful flaw with some of our minds and I'd love to be able to make it stop and have a proper social life and relationships that don't stress me out.

[gabedepaul]

Can you tone it down to less than 10 talents

[HburgEagle]

I've listened to this probably 20 times since you put it up.... It's so relatable and raw and I'm in love with this song

"And God, this girl's so self involved"

[LeonOdile]

The way she plays with music is insane. She makes it so gentle but so touchable. Not even big artists like Adele, Ariana whatever make it so personal. I love your sound and your style is very original!

[chelswak]

For some reason you always upload when I'm having an awful day. Today I was broken up with. So thank you for saving my day a bit.

[understatedfloss]

*HER ACOUSTIC GUITAR IS THE MOTHER OF DODIE’S UKULELE OMFG* 💕

[SageCElliot]

I struggle A LOT with anxiety, and it's been super bad again recently and this was so accurate it made me cry. Thank you so much for turning this into a Youtube video, I needed this ❤️

[notbatman]

6 YEAR OLD ORLA VIDEO LETST GOOOO thank you YouTube

[moistsbread]

this is so different from what you have made before but i love it so much you can feel the about of emotion youve put into it and i love it so much

[scribbled]

as an overthinker, i relate with this, orla seems to be able to capture emotions so well in all of her songs, keep it up queen!! 👑

[danielavts]

Okay so i just realised the background song at the patreon bit is "I Go Crazy", we've been listening to it b4 and we didn't know y'all!!

[evamcdermott]

Painfully relatable but spectacular to my ears