19-year-old rising singer-songwriter Hailey Picardi has quickly become one of the most exciting young voices on the music scene, and she’s already left a lasting impression with her debut EP scars to prove it.
Consisting of the seven tracks she’s released so far, the EP is raw, vulnerable and introspective, packed with the kind of biting and incisive lyricism and irresistible pop sounds that put Hailey on the map. It’s precise while feeling universally relatable as Hailey highlights the contradictions inherent in coming of age, and the gulfs between what she thought love would be and the harsh reality, often leaving scars in the aftermath. These lyrics truly stand out, and below we’ve collected more than 30 of our favorites from the EP for you to use as your next moody Instagram caption.
For when you were sensitive then, and you’re sensitive now:
“Maybe it was too loud. Maybe I was a fragile child.”
-“chaotic”
For playing by your own rules and failing:
“I’ve tried beating the system, beating the game.”
-“chaotic”
For when your healthy relationships never last:
“I go for somebody stable, but I can’t seem to stay. I’m starting to think that I find my comfort in pain.”
-“chaotic”
For feeling drawn to toxic love:
“If it isn’t chaotic, do I even want it? If it isn’t messy, will I feel empty?”
-“chaotic”
For when heartache makes it feel real:
“I was loved, and I knew it. I’ve got scars here to prove it.”
-“chaotic”
For watching your heart change:
“I used to think I was invincible. Start liking a guy, then ghost him, not even cry.”
-“black or white”
For when you’ve been happily single:
“Having a boyfriend, I just never got the hype.”
-“black or white”
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For the one who makes you lose your cool:
“He ripped off my poker face. I fell in love, now I know why I ran away.”
-“black or white”
For when it’s all or nothing in love:
“‘Cause I’m either black or white, I’m freezing or on fire. Either I need you or I’m fine.”
-“black or white”
For falling into lovesick obsession:
“When I’m in love, it takes over my life.”
-“black or white”
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For wishing you didn’t get so infatuated:
“Why do I only know extremes? I don’t know how to find the in-between.”
-“black or white”
For when they treat love like a battlefield:
“You’re standing fully armored on the front line and I won’t fall for the tactics that you weaponize.”
-“double edged sword”
For learning not to be too forgiving:
“When I feel your regret, oh, I almost forget the blood dripping down my back.”
-“double edged sword”
For capturing a tumultuous love-hate relationship:
“You are a double-edged sword. You’re the poison, the cure. You’re the enemy, and the ally in this war.”
-“double edged sword”
For knowing they’ll always find their way back to you:
“You’ve got a compass pointing you right back to me.”
-“hide and seek”
For when they know you so well they’ll always track you down:
“You’ve memorized the places that I’ll be when you and I are playing hide and seek.”
-“hide and seek”
For the person who has all the keys to your heart:
“We’re always playing hide and seek. You know the way to get to me.”
-“hide and seek”
For the one you never feel weird around:
“With anybody else, it’d be awkward.”
-“tongue tied”
For when you can communicate effortlessly without words:
We don’t need to keep trading phrases. We’re fluent in an unspoken language.”
-“tongue tied”
For the time together that’s sacred:
“You spell it out just by looking at me. You say your vows by breathing the air I breathe.”
-“tongue tied”
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For knowing everything without speaking:
“Don’t move your mouth, don’t waste your energy. Don’t make a sound, silence is a symphony.”
-“tongue tied”
For understanding precisely what someone is thinking:
“I think I can read your mind. You don’t gotta speak this time.”
-“tongue tied”
For when there is no language to say what you feel:
“Speaking has parameters. Can’t fit my feelings into words.”
-“tongue tied”
For seeing someone fall for a bad boy:
“I know you like the way he’s dangerous and it shows.”
-“car crash”
For when your different perspective reveals the truth:
“You don’t have the full picture but I’ve got a bird’s eye view.”
-“car crash”
For knowing your advice will go unheeded:
“And darling I would warn you, but don’t know if it’s worth trying.”
-“car crash”
For understanding people control their own decisions:
“There’s no one in control quite like the one behind the wheel.”
-“car crash”
For seeing the doomed situation unfold:
“Now I gotta watch this car crash in slow motion. I know how this ends but I can’t stop it from unfolding.”
-“car crash”
For feeling like men are useless unless you tell them what to do:
“Can’t expect a boy to know the way around your mind if you don’t tell him what you like.”
-“teach you to love me”
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For when they never know what you want:
“Can’t expect a boy to know the recipe to all of your unspoken desires.”
-“teach you to love me”
For when you hate asking for the things you desire:
“But it feels so insincere to receive my wishes by command.”
-“teach you to love me”
For needing a love that’s intutiive and generous:
“Can’t teach you to love me. It’s too far above me. You gotta know it from the start.”
-“teach you to love me”
For when training them to love you would be unfair:
“It feels so insincere ’cause you deserve to be adored the way you’re wired.”
-“teach you to love me”
For not believing it’s meant to be:
“If it was right, wouldn’t we know? We shouldn’t hide what’s meant to show.”
-“teach you to love me”
For even more on Hailey, click HERE to discover everything she shared with us as our Woman Crush Wednesday.
