Nothing says *self-doubt* and *unhealthy deprecation* more than wanting to be someone else. In this song from earlier this year, she makes the case for her crush to fall for her, despite her self-described flaws. You know, even though MØ claims she’s “a mess” and a “fuck-up” on Snakehips’ “Don’t Leave,” she still understands that she’s entitled to love. “But I’m not just a fuck-up, I’m the fuck-up you love” Jay Sean cannot accept that someone else actually likes him on 2017’s “Do You Love Me.” Granted, that person is not giving him the best signs, but he over-thinks the situation and sings on the chorus, “Do you feel the things I feel for you? / ‘Cause you got me on the phone like / ‘Do you love me?’” Get it together, dude! Don’t be so down on yourself! This song evokes the very imagery of Rivers Cuomo sitting alone on a La-Z Boy, dwelling on how he doesn’t have plans on a Friday night. He was trying to be someone he couldn’t be for the sake of impressing a date. On 2001’s “My Stupid Mouth,” he vows to never speak again, although he knows he can’t. Terrified that she would fail, she sang about her fake-it-til-you-make-it lifestyle, playing up the more confident aspects of her personality while secretly thinking she wasn’t going to make it.Ī young John Mayer was always questioning if he was saying the right thing.
When Marina Diamandis feared that she wouldn’t achieve all the things she wanted to achieve, she wrote “Oh No!” in 2010. A real soulmate will love you no matter how straight-forward you are, Avril! “Trying to be so perfect / ‘Cause I know you’re worth it,” she sings on the pre-chorus, struggling to censor herself. In this beautifully romantic yet self-deprecating track from 2002, Avril Lavigne rules that she’ll never open her mouth while her crush is around, in fear that she’ll come off too strong. “What use is it to you what’s on my mind?” It’s hard to imagine that someone like P!nk would feel inadequate, but in her 2001 Missundaztood track “Don’t Let Me Get Me,” she reveals that she fights “a war against the mirror.” In this song, she constantly feels like she’s not good enough, and that she hasn’t found her authentic identity.
She feels that she must be punished for saying the wrong things, and she’s going to inflict the punishment before anyone else has the chance to judge her. On “Soap,” Melanie Martinez likens her conversational missteps to the antiquated tradition of washing a kid’s mouth out with soap.
Instead of thinking that she’s worthy of her love’s time, she thinks that they’re better off without her - that her fame is her worst trait, prying into every relationship she has. Lorde wrote about the burden of life in the spotlight on 2017’s “Liability,” where she gets down on her relationships with other people. Throughout the song, she asks various questions - “Am I warm enough, baby, outside for you?” - detailing the accommodations she feels she needs to make a man comfortable. SZA isn’t always one to admit her insecurities, but on “Drew Barrymore,” she gets in her feelings and tells the story of a clueless lover whom she feels unworthy of. “I’m so ashamed of myself think I need therapy-y-y-y
Below, we’ve gathered together a bunch of insecure lyrics to prove that everyone has moments where they’re not 100 percent confident - even the artists we look up to.
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