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“Growing Pains” is the first supporting-single from Alessia Cara’s sophomore album, The Pains of Growing.
The title of the song comes from her brother, Dario, who was in his teen years at the time. He was telling her about some pain he was experiencing, saying it was “growing pains.” She remembered...
[Intro]
You're on your own, kid
You are
[Verse 1]
Make my way through the motions, I try to ignore it
But home's looking farther the closer I get
Don't know why I can't see the end
Is it over yet? Hmm
A short leash and a short fuse don't match
They tell me it ain't that bad, "Now, don't you overreact"
So I just hold my breath
Don't know why I can't see the sun when young should be fun (Fun)
[Pre-Chorus]
And I guess the bad can get better
Gotta be wrong before it's right
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
And I've always been a go-getter
There's truth in every word I write
But still, the growing pains, growing pains
They're keeping me up at night
[Chorus]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
[Verse 2]
Try to mend what's left of my content incomprehension
As I take on the stress of the mess that I've made
Don't know if I even care for "grown" if it's just alone, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
And I guess the bad can get better
Gotta be wrong before it's right
Every happy phrase engraved in my mind
I've always been a go-getter
There's truth in every word I write
But still, the growing pains, growing pains
They're keeping me up at night
[Chorus]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
And I can't hide 'cause growing pains are keeping me up at night
[Outro]
Starting to look like Ms. Know-It-All can't take her own advice
Can't find pieces of my peace of mind
I cry more than I want to admit
But I can't lie to myself, to anyone
'Cause phoning it in isn't any fun
Can't run back to my youth the way I want to
The days my brother was quicker to fool
AM radio, not much to do
Used monsters as an excuse to lie awake
Now the monsters are the ones that I have to face
No Band-Aids for the growing pains (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
No, no, no Band-Aids for the growing pains
Growing Pains was written by Alessia Cara & OAK & Pop Wansel.
Growing Pains was produced by Pop & Oak.
Alessia Cara released Growing Pains on Fri Jun 15 2018.
Cara told Harper’s BAZARR:
I wrote it during a time where I felt sort of lost in everything I was doing, lost in my job and in my responsibility. It was really confusing. Not only am I a 21-year-old woman, which is hard enough, but I’m also part of a circumstance and a lifestyle that is very unusua...
How do I explain this? Because the first project that I put out was in 2015, I didn’t really have a lot of time between then and now to write anything, or to even think about what I wanted to write. So I think I had all these emotions sort of piled up, and I didn’t know how to deal with them. So one...
Pop and Oak produced this song. They produced “Here” and “Scars Til You’re Beautiful” as well. I just felt like I needed to write everything in a secluded area. So most of these songs off of this album, I wrote in a tiny room, or in a bathroom, or in a bathtub. Really small spaces. I don’t know why....
On Jun 20th, 2018, the official music video for “Growing Pains” was released. It’s a video full of symbolism from beginning to end and has Alessia Cara wearing an oversized T-shirt while being pushed around from one place to another by suited figures wearing masks. It reflects the meaning of the son...
“Growing Pains” was certified gold on November 19th, 2021.