Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
Orla Gartland
“Why Am I Like This” is the lead single of Orla Gartland’s third EP of the same name. Dedicated to the “overthinking anxious types,” the track outlines some events Orla wished played out differently:
The verses detail a couple of brief, regular real-life moments where I wish I’d acted differently,...
[Verse 1]
Last night I smoked a cigarette
My dad would have been so upset
Then we got tattoos by the coast
And I just stood there just like a ghost
[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe I'm an old soul trapped in a young body
Maybe you don’t really want me there at your birthday party
I'll be there in the corner, thinking right over
Every single word of the conversation we just had
[Chorus]
So why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this?
[Verse 2]
I saw a girl crying on the train
Gin and tonic from a can to ease the pain
And I never asked if she was okay
She just got up and walked away
[Bridge]
Oh-oh, it's like I’m looking down from the ceiling above
Never in the moment, never giving enough
Let's go out and shout the words we never said
I got my mistakes on a loop inside my head
Inside my head
[Chorus]
So why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
Why am I like this?
(Maybe I'm an old soul trapped in a young body)
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
(Maybe you don't really want me there)
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
(Maybe I'm an old soul trapped in a young body)
Why am I like this? Why am I like this?
Why am I like this? Why am I?
(Maybe you don't really want me there)
Why am I like this?
[Outro]
Maybe I'm an old soul trapped in a young body
Maybe you don't really want me there at your birthday party
I’ll be there in the corner, thinking right over
Every single word of the conversation we just had
Why Am I Like This? was written by Orla Gartland.
Why Am I Like This? was produced by Gethin Pearson.
Orla Gartland released Why Am I Like This? on Mon Feb 18 2019.
The official studio release date is February 18, 2019 but the song was first posted on Orla’s YouTube channel on September 20, 2018.