Witt Lowry, Deion Reverie - Swimming lyrics

It's okay to feel the way you do
Swimming in a life that they gave you
You drown
But they will never love you like I do
In this ocean you're all I see

You're not a mess,  no
 you're an empath on a messy earth
Can't understand why somebody as
Special as you wants
To fit in so bad that it hurts
Your worth isn't based off of
How much you earn
You say you feel empty the more you consume
Do we blame the flower when it doesn't bloom
Or blame the terrain it was planted into?
When you walk in a room, everyone stares
You spent thе whole morning
On makeup and hair
Still all you see are your flaws
You nеver would see what they see
When you look in the mirror
Nobody compares you like nobody else
Bein' trapped in an app feels
Like livin' in Hell see, we live in a world
Where we're taught that
It's better to be anyone else but ourselves
Damn
Your feelings aren't real, your friends are
All fake, you're tired as fuck
You just need a break
Don't know if you know, the
Lower your self-esteem goes
The more that these companies make
The more of yourself that you hate, the
More that you look to replace
The more you'll be willing to pay
This hole got me stuck in a game that
You didn't even realize you were playin'
So

It's okay to feel the way you do
Swimming in a life that they gave you
You drown
But they will never love you like I do
In this ocean you're all I see

The truth is
You're as beautiful as beautiful gets
Wish you knew your flaws were just a shift
In perception away from them being a gift

You're sick of the comments that say, "Does
She even respond?", when you don't
Then they call you a bitch
It's just how it is
It's sad, it's Truman
Think we forgot what it means to be human
These apps are detrimental to
Our mental health
So we go buy an app to improve it
And call that "improvement" but I digress
I know you're livin' with a lot of stress
Tryin' your best to find the line between
Work and rest, haven't found it yet, damn
They see you were thick in the head, but
Not what goes on in your head, damn, yeah
Ask you how you are in the sheets, but
Not why you're not leavin' bed, damn, yeah
They sit there and stare at your lips, but
Don't hear a thing that you said, damn
Yeah
They come out the woodwork and then they get
Mad when you leave 'em on read
I know that you no longer wanna pretend like
All the bullshit hasn't taken it's toll
You're tired of strivin' to be
What they want you to
Be when you know you just
Don't fit the mould
"Sit there and look pretty" is
What you were told
By someone you used to consider a friend
You ask him
"How am I supposed to feel pretty with all
Of these hideous thoughts in my head?"
Never saw him again
At first you were hurt that they thought
Your image was all you were worth
But then you realized you were
Wasting your time on
Opinions of people who make you feel worse
You feel like you're cursed
You wanna move on
Remove every contact you have in your phone
You realize the more and more
People pretend like they
Love you, the more you
Feel like you're alone, just know

It's okay to feel the way you do
Swimming in a life that they gave you
You drown
But they will never love you like I do
In this ocean you're all I see
They will never love you like I do
They will never love you like I do