[Verse 1: Sly Withers]
We don't have to be out now
And we could have easily stayed at home
Then I wouldn't be bringing your mood down
Every time we spoke
Now it's driving us crazy
That we can't seem to see
A way to feel like it's working
We just end up choking
[Chorus: Sly Withers & Carla Geneve, Carla Geneve]
You don't have to stay so cool
When you're trying not to break down
I've been feeling shit too lately
[Verse 2: Sly Withers & Carla Geneve, Sly Withers]
We couldn't have planned it out better
And I love the way passersby
Get a whiff of my failure
So I turn a blind eye
To the bus stops and car spots
On the coast road home to mine
Where I stare at my mirror
And I practice lying
[Chorus: Sly Withers & Carla Geneve]
You don't have to stay so cool
When you're trying not to break down
I've been feeling shit too lately
[Verse 3: Sly Withers & Carla Geneve]
We don't have to be out now
And we could have easily stayed at home
Then I wouldn't be bringing your mood down
Every time we spoke
Now it's driving us crazy
That we can't seem to see
A way to feel like it's working
We just end up choking
[Chorus: Sly Withers & Carla Geneve]
You don't have to stay so cool
When you're trying not to break down
I've been feeling shit too lately
Lately was written by Shea Moriarty & Sam Blitvich & Joel Neubecker & Carla Geneve.
Lately was produced by Sly Withers.
Sly Withers released Lately on Wed Jun 26 2019.
“Lately” is about two people doing their best to keep up with what the other person wants them to be. The truth is they’re both better off being honest with each other and this song was written during that realisation. It’s ok not to be ok.
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