62 Emotional Benson Boone Lyrics to Use as Your Next Instagram Caption
Ever since singer-songwriter Benson Boone first auditioned on American Idol, we've been following his extraordinary musical journey, and he honestly hasn't let us down yet.
From his very first single, "Ghost Town," he's put his vulnerable and evocative songwriting front and center, made even more powerful thanks to his soaring and emotional vocals. From "In the Stars" and "Beautiful Things" to "Slow It Down," he manages to take us through the whole spectrum of human emotions—and that's only the beginning. If you're like us and can't get enough of his lyrics, keep scrolling to discover our all-time favorites to use as your next Instagram caption.
For knowing you're bad for them:
"You fill me up 'til you're empty. I took too much and you let me."
-"GHOST TOWN"
For that reunion with a past love:
"You were always the one I shoulda waited for. I can't lose you again, not again, not again, not again."
-"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
For yearning to be theirs:
"I just need your number, so, if you're alone, I wanna be the one you call."
-"I Wanna Be the One You Call"
For dealing with dishonesty:
"Even the sweetest words, they were treason 'cause you just lied to my face."
-"Man in Me"
For a fateful reunion:
"I am glad to see your eyes ain't changed at all."
-"Take Me Home"
For being fully enchanted by someone's charisma:
"When he stares at you, he can chain you down and make you fall in love."
-"My Electric Blue"
For when they're hot and cold:
"And then you switch up with no warnin' and you kiss me like you want it, how rude, how rude."
-"Mystical Magical"
For vowing to be there for them:
"When you need anything, anything at all, I wanna be the name you scream."
-"I Wanna Be the One You Call"
For meeting up with an old flame:
"Kiss me, kiss me slowly, like you did when we were young."
-"Take Me Home"
For when the relationship has gone sour:
"Oh, I remember how you were. You were every shade of perfect, and then the colors blurred."
-"Pretty Slowly"
For when you know you're healing:
"For a while there, it was rough, but lately, I've been doin' better."
-"Beautiful Things"
For that reunion with a past love:
"You were always the one I shoulda waited for. I can't lose you again, not again, not again, not again."
-"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
For when they're not feeling it anymore:
"There's nothing colder than your shoulder when you're dragging me along like you do."
-"Mystical Magical"
For finding a sense of home again:
"Take me home. I've been lost on my own."
-"Take Me Home"
For yearning for home and your mom's love:
"Momma, I'm missing home."
-"Momma Song"
For blasting your favorite tunes in an unlit room:
"Somethin' 'bout the art of music in the dark,"
-"Before You"
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For when losing someone breaks your heart:
"Oh, it hurts so hard for a million different reasons. You took the best of my heart and left the rest in pieces."
-"In the Stars"
For when you refuse to admit your true feelings:
"Oh, maybe one day suddenly you'll look up and notice me, up there, but I'm too scared."
-"Better Alone"
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For when you're happy to be patient for their love:
"I don't mind if this is gonna take a million days."
-"Mystical Magical"
For feeling like you've been stabbed in the back, through the heart:
"I feel this little knife in my heart and it bleeds me out."
-"Pretty Slowly"
For your post-breakup souvenirs:
"You got a couple little candles in my living room I still light at night just to set the mood."
-"Reminds Me of You"
For celebrating your unconditional love:
"There's nothing to be sorry about. I'm so proud of all you've done."
-"Momma Song"
For when your crush is unobtainable:
"My little hard-to-get baby, I wanna give you the world."
-"Mystical Magical"
For when he's so perfect he must have fallen from heaven:
"They say that he fell from space from a supernatural place."
-"Mr Electric Blue"
For lamenting the passage of time:
"I'm getting old. Does that mean you're getting older, and older, and older?"
-"Momma Song"
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For trying to maintain a clear head:
"So slow it down, take a moment now. We're too young to drown deep in dirty waters."
-"Slow It Down"
For when you just can't get over them:
"And, ooh, what do I do? What do I do? When every damn thing reminds me of you."
-"Reminds Me of You"
For the love that's better than flying:
"Why would I want to fly?"
-"Before You"
For letting yourself feel your emotions:
"I'm tired of letting someone get the best of me, so go ahead and cry."
-"Cry"
For cherishing the moments you have with someone:
"I'm gonna need this when I'm holding pictures of you and that's all that I've got left."
-"Momma Song"
For when love is like the purest, sweetest magic:
"Nothing else will feel right, you can feel like moonbeam ice cream."
-"Mystical Magical"
For calling out those who've wronged you:
"Baby, you ain't sweet. Look at what you did to me."
-"Sugar Sweet"
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For when the relationship is fully doomed:
"No, there's not a way that we can stop this now. One thousand miles an hour, we're driving off the edge."
-"Pretty Slowly"
For when your expectations don't come true:
"Ain't it funny how it changes? How the future rearranges."
-"Slow It Down"
For when it feels like the end of the world:
"Everybody says I'll survive, I'll be fine, but they don't know what it's like."
-"Let Me Go"
For masking your true feelings:
"I tried to hide it through the silence while I played along."
-"Cry"
For taking as many pics as possible with people while you've still got them:
"'Cause I'm gonna need this when I'm holding pictures of you and that's all that I've got left."
-"Momma Song"
For realizing a relationship may be coming to an end:
"It's dark, it's cold if my hand is not the one you're meant to hold."
-"GHOST TOWN"
For when they make your whole life different:
"Everything has changed now that I've found us."
-"Before You"
For when a special girl has your heart:
"My heart drops dead every time that I see her."
-"Better Alone"
For admiring someone from afar:
"I'd never met you, but I wanted to invite you to the party."
-"Slow It Down"
For not being ready to let them go:
"I don't wanna say goodbye, 'cause this one means forever."
-"In the Stars"
For knowing that once they get a taste of your love, they'll never let go:
"Oh, baby, 'cause once you know, once you know my love is so mystical, magical."
-"Mystical Magical"
For being unable to forget a certain someone:
"You're the lump in my throat. You're the reason I choke."
-"Let Me Go"
For when you're done with the heartache of a relationship:
"Go ahead and ruin somеone else's life."
-"Cry"
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For clinging to the ones you love:
"Oh God, don't take these beautiful things that I've got."
-"Beautiful Things"
For that surprise run-in with your ex:
"I'm sorry, I'm here for someone else, but it's good to see your face."
-"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
For when the love and joy have evaporated:
"Oh God, don't take these beautiful things that I've got."
-"Beautiful Things"
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For accepting the single life:
"Maybe I'm better alone."
-"Better Alone"
For the crush that's got you acting foolish:
"If I could count the stupid things I do for you…"
-"Sugar Sweet"
For that extra nostalgic throwback pic:
"Yeah, we were upside down and moving in slow motion."
-"Young American Heart"
For not being sure if it's meant to last:
"Far from perfect for each other, but we're workin' it out, I suppose (I suppose)."
-"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
For finally feeling seen:
"You'rе making me feel like I'm wanted."
-"Wanted Man"
For when a new infatuation takes over:
"He can be everything you've ever dreamed."
-"My Electric Blue"
For when you're purely infatuated:
"When you pull me in and you hold me close and you say all kinds of crazy things that make me wanna stay in your arms. You're a charm, I'm in love."
-"Man in Me"
For finding a sense of home again:
"Take me home. I've been lost on my own."
-"Take Me Home"
For fearing loss more than anything else:
"But there's no man as terrified as the man who stands to lose you."
-"Beautiful Things"
For doing what you had to do:
"But I need to go (I need to, I need to, I need to). It's not personal."
-"Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else"
For feeling extra bold:
"Excuse me, I haven't met you before, but I believe that you'll be taking me home."
-"Wanted Man"
For feeling anything but free:
"Don't you see that lately I've been fading? I can't breathe inside this cage."
-"Man in Me"
For wanting nothing but to be by their side:
"I'd be just fine as long as I'm wherever you are, 'causе you stole my young, American heart."
-"Young American Heart"
For expressing profound loss:
"I'm screamin' at a God I don't know if I believe in 'cause I don't know what else I can do."
-"In the Stars"
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