“Different” is a deeply personal track off American singer-songwriter Maggie Lindemann’s debut EP, PARANOIA. With thrumming pop-rock backings on the chorus, Maggie sings out the anxiety she’d been dealing with following the traumatic experience of being arrested overseas.
As she detailed in an Inke...
[Verse 1]
2 AM windows down, drivin' on the 405
Only got two hours left 'til I catch my flight
If I disappeared, would they call my name at my gate?
Why do my reckless decisions happen this late?
4 AM windows down, I'm not comin' home tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
Thinkin', "Don't be scared, don't you cry
Everything will be alright"
But if it's still not enough
Can somebody just
[Chorus]
Take me where the headlights go
I'm so fuckin' lost here
Just wanna be not here
Take me where the stars don't show
It can get a lot here
Shining all alone
[Post-Chorus]
I just wanna be someone different than me sometimes
I just, I just, I just
I just wanna be someone different than me sometimes
I just, I just, I just
[Verse 2]
Always feelin' guilty so I need somewhere to put the pain
Poison in my mouth 'cause it's better than the words I'd say
Am I just a burden, always uncertain, don't know
This isn't workin' but I keep diggin' this hole
If I try hard enough, maybe I'll forget my name
[Pre-Chorus]
Thinkin', "Don't be scared, don't you cry
Everything will be alright"
But if it's still not enough
Can somebody just
[Chorus]
Take me where the headlights go
I'm so fuckin' lost here
Just wanna be not here
Take me where the stars don't show
It can get a lot here
Shining all alone
[Post-Chorus]
I just wanna be someone different than me sometimes
I just, I just, I just
I just wanna be someone different than me sometimes
I just, I just, I just
[Outro]
Don't be scared, don't you cry
Everything will be alright
But if it's still not enough
Can somebody just
Different was written by SoMo & Jenna Andrews & Annika Wells & Cody Tarpley & Maggie Lindemann.
Different was produced by John Cunningham & Maggie Lindemann & Cody Tarpley.
Maggie Lindemann released Different on Fri Jan 22 2021.
In a track-by-track walkthrough with Sweety High, Maggie explained the meaning behind “Different”:
I wrote this when I was really low last year after what happened in Malaysia. I just felt like I was keeping a lot inside and was kinda just dealing with the trauma that came immediately after and thi...