TRYING ON SHOES – English Lyrics

• By: Tate McRae
• Album: SO CLOSE TO WHAT??? (deluxe)

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the additional narrative threads in Tate McRae's discography with "Trying on Shoes," a track from the deluxe version of her album *So Close to What*. Exploring the songwriting collaborations and pop evolution within this release offers insight into her current artistic direction. What new emotional angles does she explore in this addition to her platinum-level project?

[English]

作曲 : Emile Haynie/Tate McRae/Grant Boutin/Amy Allen

Don’t know what country I’m in, but I know how I’m feeling (My body’s always right)

I knew I must’ve dropped my diary in the pool for a reason (Erased your every line)

Did you forget the kind of bitch with whom you’re dealing? (If so, I can remind)

Yeah I can fall in love hard, turn around and delete it

So I’m

...

Trying on shoes, putting on glitter

Anything to make me a little less bitter

Favorite blue, take a pretty picture

Got you like, ****

You’ll swear to God that I’m someone else

I can’t stop (Stop)

Piss me off and I’ll turn it out

I can’t stop

...

You roll your eyes at all my shows, and God knows I see it (All I see is you)

I used to idolize you baby, took a year to reveal it (And the hard truth)

Is I’m not what you need

It’s hard to believe

You need a girl that isn’t me

Warming the seat

Staying at home

It’s hard to compete

With someone I’m not

And someone that I’ll never be

So I’m

...

Trying on shoes, putting on glitter

Anything to make me a little less bitter

Favorite blue, take a pretty picture

Got you like, ****

You’ll swear to God that I’m someone else

I can’t stop (Stop)

Piss me off and I’ll turn it out

I can’t stop

...

And maybe I’m not the girl that you thought

Or maybe you loved me once, but forgot

So baby go back to putting up a front

And guess I thought wrong

For thinking you’d wait

‘Cause I don’t move on at your type of pace

Can we go back and talk at your place

Just once?

...

Trying on shoes

Putting on glitter

Anything to make me less bitter

Favorite blue, take a picture

Got you like, ****

You’ll swear to God that I’m somebody else

I can’t stop

You piss me off and I’ll turn it out

I can’t stop

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feeling /ˈfiːlɪŋ/ A2	noun - an emotional state or reaction.
reason /ˈriːzən/ B1	noun - a cause, explanation, or justification.
forget /fərˈɡet/ A2	verb - fail to remember something.
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - an intense feeling of affection. noun - a feeling of strong affection.
bitter /ˈbɪtər/ B2	adjective - feeling or showing resentment or disappointment.
picture /ˈpɪktʃər/ A1	noun - a visual representation of something.
swear /swɛr/ B1	verb - to solemnly promise something.
reveal /rɪˈviːl/ B2	verb - make known previously secret information.
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - accept something as true.
compete /kəmˈpiːt/ B1	verb - try to win against others.
pace /peɪs/ B1	noun - speed or rate of movement.
talk /tɔːk/ A1	verb - say words to express thoughts or feelings.
glitter /ˈɡlɪtər/ A2	noun - sparkling material.
shows /ʃoʊz/ A2	noun - performances or displays.
type /taɪp/ A2	noun - a category or kind.
front /frʌnt/ A1	noun - the forward part or surface.

Key Grammar Structures

• Don’t know what country I’m in, but I know how I’m feeling

  ➔ Embedded clause with 'I’m in' showing relative omission

  ➔ The part 'what country I’m in' embeds a clause without an explicit relative pronoun, showing advanced sentence reduction.

• Did you forget the kind of bitch with whom you’re dealing?

  ➔ Question form with inversion and relative clause using 'with whom'

  ➔ The line uses question inversion ('Did you forget') and a formal relative clause introduced by 'with whom', which is more formal than 'who you’re dealing with'.

• Yeah I can fall in love hard, turn around and delete it

  ➔ Parallel verbs and phrasal verb 'turn around'

  ➔ 'Fall in love', 'turn around', and 'delete it' are parallel verb phrases showing quick contrasting actions.

• You’ll swear to God that I’m someone else

  ➔ Future modal contraction ('You’ll') and object clause 'that I’m someone else'

  ➔ The line combines contraction ('You’ll' for 'You will') and an object clause functioning as the direct object of 'swear'.

• Piss me off and I’ll turn it out

  ➔ Imperative clause + coordinating conjunction linking to future clause

  ➔ The structure 'Piss me off and I’ll...' shows a conditional-like meaning without using 'if'.

• It’s hard to compete with someone I’m not

  ➔ Infinitive clause as subject complement and relative clause omission

  ➔ The infinitive 'to compete' functions as a complement after 'It’s hard', and 'someone I’m not' omits 'who', a relative pronoun.

• Maybe I’m not the girl that you thought

  ➔ Relative clause and past tense inside clause

  ➔ The clause 'that you thought' modifies 'the girl' and uses past tense to reference a previous belief.

• Guess I thought wrong

  ➔ Elliptical sentence omitting subject and auxiliary verb

  ➔ The full sentence would be 'I guess I thought wrong', but 'I' before 'guess' is omitted in casual speech.