Penelope Scott It Girl Lyrics

[Intro]
She said, "I'll make it because I deserve to make it"
Every living thing deserves to thrive
And maybe I would rather rot and wallow
But we all need to believe in a good time

[Verse 1]
I'm gonna die old to show you kids what that looks like
I might upset you but I'll never let you down
I'll live my precious life, I will leave no soul behind
Your eyes do not control me, I stand firm upon the ground

[Chorus]
So I'll dance until you think I really like it
I'll dance until I think I like it too
In a funny way, this is how you all save me
In a funny way, this is how I save you

[Verse 2]
And you root for me even when you attack me
You attack me cause you need me to prevail
Everyone needs someone to believe in
And you'd rather have me dead than watch me fail
But you don't even see the other options
You're so scared to hope that you don't even know
You don't really want me young and dead and perfect
You want a thinking, feeling animal to show you how to grow

[Verse 3]
And you love it when you see an it girl happy
She shows you how to love it for yourself someday
And you hate her when she seems so f*cking perfect
But you wouldn't really want her to be any other way
And I know it sounds funny just to say it But the irony is none of this is me
I'm just the girl behind the it girl costume
I also just needed to believe

[Verse 4]
I needed songs so badly that I wrote them
They found a home with kids I'll never know (Never know)
At first I felt attached and then I didn't
The song stopped being mine to have and hold

[Bridge]
They split me into animal and symbol
Separated my composite parts
The screen between the two is cyberporous
My stage name has my soft animal heart

[Drop]
So I'll die old, just to show you what it looks like
I might hurt you but I'll never let you down
I'll love my precious life, I will leave no soul behind
Your eyes will not control me, I will stand firm upon the ground

[Chorus]
So I'll dance until you think I really like it
I'll dance until I think I like it too
In a funny way this is how you all save me
In a funny way this is how I save you

[Outro]
It girls are a special kind of mother
It girls are a special kind of child
So love this precious it girl for the summer
Take her as your parasocial bride
No one on TV ever gets better
Soon as they do they go off screen
It's so bittersweet that you keep watching
It's bittersweet that you want to believe