From the recordings Every Mile a Story and Gotta Get Over Not Getting Over You
Description: AI didn’t understand this song either. It masquerades as a heartbreak song, but it’s not. It’s a confession by a self-aware young singer who takes flyers on men she knows aren’t worth it, then dumps them, then gets frustrated with herself—and then rinses and repeats the same cycle. She knows exactly what she is doing, even if she doesn’t know why she does it. Sharp, self-aware, and self-referential. The last verse is the key to the song. Enjoy another of Steve’s great tunes, and be sure to look for the nod to Taylor Swift in the lyrics. A sharp, modern heartbreak song about a woman stuck in the cycle of not getting over a guy she knows she should’ve walked away from. She drinks too much, can’t sleep, keeps repeating old patterns, and admits she’s her own worst enemy. The hook becomes a confession she can’t escape: she’s trying to move on, but she’s not there yet.
Artist Fit: Lainey Wilson, Carly Pearce, Kelsea Ballerini, Maren Morris, Ashley McBryde, and Brandy Clark
Sync Keywords: heartbreak, emotional loop, drinking, insomnia, regret, self‑sabotage, confession, breakup struggle, stuck in love, trying to move on
Lyrics
God I’m tired of drinking every morning,
Makes me wired not sleeping through the night,
I’ll admit, I should have seen it coming,
Love’s a thing I never can get right.
Gotta get over
Not getting over you.
Back when we met, I really had it going,
And they all said, she’s gonna be a star,
Fans were wild, my followers were growing,
Now all I got are tears on my guitar,
Till I get over
Not getting over you.
Sometimes somebody gets my eye,
And then I think it’s worth a try,
And after that I don’t know why,
I do the things I do.
You had tattoos, you had a way of talking,
And baby blues, and abs that were extreme,
But that was it. I should have sent you walking,
Then I did, and ever since I’ve been
Not getting over
Not getting over you
Sometimes somebody gets my eye,
and then I think it’s worth a try,
And after that I don't know why
I do the things I do.
Girls crash and burn and then they learn their lesson.
Except for me, I’m too damn proud to bend,
I’ll write a song, by way of a confession,
And then go out and do it all again
When I get over
Not getting over you.
When I get over
Not getting over you.