These 100+ Moody Tate McRae Lyrics Make the PERFECT Instagram Captions

Few artists capture precisely the emotions we're feeling at any given moment better than Tate McRae.

Her songs are raw and personal, yet somehow contain experiences that feel universal, and have us coming back again and again. That's why, when we're looking for moody yet totally relatable Instagram captions, we often turn to Tate's incredible lyrics. Keep scrolling to see if one of her best lines will work well as your next caption.

For when your mind is particularly restless:

"She stares at her ceiling once again with a hundred thoughts."

-"One Day"

 

For being worried about the future:

"I have this paralyzing fear that I'll maybe go nowhere."

-"chaotic"

 

For when someone's eyeing your partner:

"Just keep your eyes off him. Yes, I'm Miss Possessive."

-"Miss possessive"

 

For the pic with your people who still love you, despite everything:

"Don't know how you could put up with me."

-"hate myself"

 

For not planning to stick around for them:

"You know if you leave, I ain't gonna stay."

-"uh oh"

(Photo credit: Beth Saravo)

 

For discovering everyone's warnings were warranted:

"Should've listened to your exes when they said don't."

-"you're so cool"

 

For when they test your boundaries:

"Yeah, I'll be nice up until I'm not."

-"Miss possessive"

 

For panicking over something small:

"You tell me I shouldn't stress out. Say, 'It's not that hard.'"

-"she's all i wanna be"

 

For when you're not quite sure how to feel about the state of your relationship:

"One moment we're broken and then we're fine."

-"Teenage Mind"

 

For when nostalgia has you thinking about someone you lost:

"If they start playin' that song, I can't help but to think about us."

-"feel like s***"

 

For not being into clingy types:

"You don't need to tell me you love me 17 times in a day."

-"2 hands"

 

For when someone is suddenly too cool to hang out with you:

"You think you're such a cool kid and everybody likes you."

"what would you do?"

 

For the latest selfie that shows you deep in thought:

"Promise I'm thinking, overthinking quite a lot."

-"Dear Parents…"

 

For being devastated over a relationship that never even happened:

"Thought if she'd never gave her heart away, it'd never end up broken."

-"boy x"

 

For when karma finally bites back the person who wronged you:

"I don't really care how bad it hurts when you broke me first."

-"You Broke Me First"

 

For when you're too busy for fake friends:

"I don't want to talk at all. I honestly don't even got the time."

-"i'm so gone"

 

For the actions that speak louder than words:

"Need a little less talk and a lot more touch."

-"2 hands"

 

For when someone loves creating problems as much as they love solving them:

"You always love coming to the rescue."

-"what's your problem?"

 

For when you can only hope that your crush has thought about you like that even once:

"Yeah, I wonder if my name has ever crossed your mind, even for a second."

-"Dear Ex Best Friend"

 

For working on yourself, but it's hard:

"Nobody said changing would be this exhausting."

-"chaotic"

 

For feeling real love for the first time in years:

"My cold heart is finally melting."

-"Revolving door"

 

For dealing with a narcissist:

"I bet that if you could you'd go on a date with yourself."

-"you're so cool"

 

For when that certain someone has been invading your thoughts every waking day:

"Only think about him on the weekdays and weekends."

-"Stupid"

 

For finding a bit of power in your lowered concept of self:

"You couldn't hate me more than I hate myself."

-"hate myself"

 

For when you can't resist your ex:

"I tried to call you off like a bad habit, but I keep coming back like a revolving door."

-"Revolving door"

 

For rebounding, hard:

"So I kissed somebody else, just to see how it felt."

-"feel like s***"

 

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For when your mind can only process your crush and food:

"I think about 100 thoughts and you are 99."

-"One Day"

 

For actually feeling relieved after a breakup:

"If I'm not enough for you, honestly, I hope you don't come back."

-"don't come back"

 

For when the time for playing nice is over:

"Yеah, I used to be a nice girl. I bet you wish it lasted."

-"what would you do?"

 

For the one who makes you see the world through rose-colored lenses:

"Life feels worse, but good with you in it."

-"Revolving door"

 

For when your crush starts seeing someone way more popular than you:

"How could I ever compete with that?"

-"she's all i wanna be"

 

For that gloomy downer of a day:

"Some days I wonder why the sky's so grey."

-"3am"

 

For when you can't stop thinking about your ex:

"It might seem stupid but I still look through all of our texts."

-"chaotic"

 

For when you're tired of wasting tears on some guy:

"Stupid boy making me so sad."

-"she's all i wanna be"

 

For trying to make them jealous:

"Dance like I can't be bothered, know it kills you."

-"bloodonmyhands"

 

For calling out the person who dumped you because they got bored:

"When you find out there's nobody better, don't come back."

-"don't come back"

 

For the pic flaunting how much progress you've made:

"But guess that's just what happens, people change."

-"Dear Parents…"

 

For when people try to come back into your life for clout:

"Now you're mad that I made it, don't be calling my name."

-"i'm so gone"

 

For when they're still on your mind years later:

"Haven't seen you in two years, but, baby, we still breathe the same air."

-"Dear god"

 

For when the loneliness is really creeping in:

"I can't stand my friends right now, we got nothing in common."

-"chaotic"

 

For the pic with that special person who is always there to listen:

"Everyone's got someone built custom to give their darkness to."

-"All My Friends Are Fake"

 

For when you're ready to stop trying to get someone's attention:

"I always tried to impress you. Got so dressed up and you never seemed to care."

"i still say goodnight"

 

For feeling desperate to forget them:

"Dear God, take his kiss right out of my brain."

-"Dear god"

 

For when your mother's intuition was spot-on:

"I should've known when my mom said she don't like you. Should've took that as a sign."

-"what's your problem"

(Photo credit: baeth via RCA Records)

 

For when you learn to move on and focus on yourself:

"There was a billion of boy x, but babe, there's only one of me."

-"boy x"

 

For those times you feel like a wreck, but you're loving every second of it:

"We're all a beautiful mess."

-"Teenage Mind"

 

For when you should be happy, but you feel empty instead:

"You say I should be on top of the world but I'm not feeling much."

-"go away"

 

For when they're so hot you can't deny it:

"Hottest thing I've ever touched, just bein' honest."

-"Dear god"

 

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For when growing up comes with some harsh realities:

"When I was younger, like, I used to think I could fly."

-"?"

 

For wanting to be as close as possible:

"We can share on seat."

-"Sports car"

 

For when you don't feel like you've moved forward in far too long:

"Do you ever feel like you are running in slow-motion?"

-"Hung Up on You"

 

For the car that makes them even hotter:

"You ain't go no Mrs., but you got a sports car."

-"Sports car"

 

For when you're done waiting for that person to notice your subtle flirting:

"Playing cool makes me lose my mind."

-"slower"

 

For when you're daydreaming about the cutie in your life:

"I'll steal all your hoodies we'll laugh until we can't breathe."

-"A Typical Teenage Love Song"

 

For feeling like you've finally moved on:

"And finally, now I'm doing fine."

-"r u ok"

 

When entering your villain era:

"Good girls, so overrated."

-"cut my hair"

 

For when you thought you were over someone, but they show up again in your thoughts:

"I hate that I never know why you're still so caught up in my head."

-"rubberband"

 

For when they're your fantasy:

"So my type, got butterflies, so good it hurts."

-"Sports car"

 

For calling out dishonesty:

"You said you'd never lie, but you did it anyway."

-"wish i loved you in the 90s"

 

For when you're the prize:

"I would want myself."

-"greedy"

 

For showing that big new transition in your life:

"I'm going through changes. It's a rollercoaster."

-"slower"

 

For the shot that captures your shy nature:

"A girl who keeps her head down low and never shows her eyes."

-"One Day"

 

For when you're thinking about that person you probably should have never dated:

"You're my one mistake."

-"bad ones"

 

For rejecting people left and right:

"You'll never know much past my name."

-"greedy"

 

For when your heart is left in pieces:

"But I don't really care how bad it hurts when you broke me first."

-"you broke me first"

 

For when they can't take a hint:

"Okay, boy. That's some kinda crazy thinking we're all good."

-"Signs"

 

For actively trying to stop thinking about someone:

"And I got this rubber band on my wrist."

-"rubberband"

 

For knowing that one person is bad for you:

"I know I should be runnin' for the hills."

-"run for the hills"

 

For feeling like you're the one making all the moves:

"What happened to thе guy picking up the girl?"

-"wish i loved you in the 90s"

 

For when you're reminiscing about the person you thought would stick by you forever:

"What about all the nights where we'd talked about our lives?"

-Dear Ex Best Friend"

 

For sensing change on the horizon:

"Who knows who I'll be tomorrow?"

-"slower"

 

For healing with your friends after a breakup:

"No, they never liked you anyways."

-"r u ok"

 

For no longer being able to deny the red flags:

"I know, deep down, that it's never gonna be us."

-"run for the hills"

 

For when you're wondering about that newly ended relationship:

"Was it a wasted couple months?"

-"rubberband"

 

For when you don't care if they break your heart:

"Want you so bad, baby, hurt my feelings."

-"hurt my feelings"

 

For when you keep getting drawn in by bad boys:

"I keep fallin' for the bad ones."

-"bad ones"

 

For when they refuse to be a mind reader:

"If you know me, boy, you should know."

-"Signs"

 

For flaunting the new you:

"I might be somebody—you might not even know her."

-"slower"

 

For when someone takes advantage of your kindness:

"Think I got too much sympathy."

-"grave"

 

For when your ex starts dating again after no time at all:

"You moved on quicker than I could've ever."

-"you broke me first"

 

For when you're struggling to summarize your true feelings:

"I can't get these words out though my thoughts are oh so loud."

"Mind Don't Match My Mouth"

 

For realizing people never change:

"I could never really change you like I thought that I could."

-"grave"

 

For getting butterflies:

"I know love when it hits."

-"I know love"

 

For expressing unconditional love:

"You can't do it wrong in my eyes."

-"stay done"

 

For when your new friend has ulterior motives:

"You don't wanna know me, you just wanna do what I do."

-"Like I do"

 

For being a heartbreaker:

"Changed my mind up like it's origami."

-"exes"

 

For seeing their wandering eyes:

"Got your own, but you started eyein' down on my man."

-"Like I do"

 

For when the relationship gets serious too fast:

"We ain't married, I ain't 30."

-"exes"

 

For when the vibes are confusing:

"I can't tell if you wanna kill me or if you wanna kiss me."

-"Like I do"

 

For when you still don't have closure from your breakup:

"Time shouldn't heal, but it doesn't. Maybe 'cause you still haven't told the truth."

-"we're not alike"

 

For when they're perfect on paper:

"Good with his money, close to his mother."

-"It's ok I'm ok"

 

For when that one girl won't stop flirting with your S.O.:

"Said she was a girl's girl, that's a lie."

-"we're not alike"

 

For refusing to fight over a man:

"You can have him anyway, girl, take him."

-"It's ok I'm ok"

 

For feeling like a 20-something teenager:

"I'm 20, but I still feel like 15."

-"calgary"

 

For being in denial about your feelings:

"Swear I'm only sleeping at your house six times in one week 'cause it's convenient."

-"No I'm not in love"

 

For the pic of you and your S.O.:

"I'm so in love."

-"messier"

 

For when they're making something out of nothing:

"Don't be readin' through lines."

-"No I'm not in love"

 

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For not minding being young, wild and free:

"Live now, think later, I do it so well."

-"think later"

 

For having a tendency to push away those you care about:

"If I cut you off, it just means I care."

-"Means I care"

 

For when the memories are worth the mistakes:

"Guess I'll live with a guilty conscience."

-"guilty conscience"

 

For when you've had a rocky relationship:

"Who'd've thought we'd get here with our history?"

-"Greenlight"

 

For doing something you know is wrong:

"Kinda reckless lately."

-"guilty conscience"

 

For when life starts to feel stagnant:

"Stuck up in a rewrite of the same song."

-"Greenlight"

 

For discovering the reality of the life you aspired to:

"Caught in a dream, it's not what it seems."

-"plastic palm trees"

 

For needing to feel in control:

"Three steps ahead of everything."

-"Nostalgia"

 

For being surrounded by clout chasers:

"Didn't know you need a motive to keep a friend around."

-"plastic palm trees"

 

For when it seems like you were just a kid:

"Lately, I wake up feeling like, 'Oh, where does the time go?'"

-"Nostalgia"

 

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