Lyrics
“It’s me, hi, I’m the _______, it’s me.”
What is “problem”?
The song explores this mental health struggle during the “graveyard shift.”
What is depression?
This natural object symbolizes self-destruction and avoidance.
What is the sun?
This person is always rooting for the anti-hero.
Who is the listener, audience, or “you”?
This phrase opens the chorus and is repeated multiple times.
What is “It’s me, hi”?
What does she stare at directly, even though she avoids the mirror?
What is the sun?
The narrator admits to being this in her relationships.
What is the problem or the anti-hero?
The narrator compares herself to a monster on the _____.
What is "hill"?
The narrator wakes up screaming from this.
What is dreaming?
This classic Disney lyric is referenced twice in parentheses.
What is “Tale as old as time”?
This time of day becomes her afternoon.
What is midnight?
The lyric “It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero” reflects this theme.
What is self-awareness or insecurity?
She says she’s “pierced through the heart but never ____.”
What is dying?
The family thinks the narrator left this behind.
What is an inheritance or fortune?
This polite British meal time is mentioned in the chorus.
What is teatime?
Finish the lyric: "I have this thing where I get older, but just never _____."
What is “wiser”?
The line “I’ll stare directly at the sun…” suggests this theme.
What is denial or avoidance of self-reflection?
She envisions her family reading this legal document after her death.
What is a will?
This person “kills her for the money” in her dream.
Who is the daughter-in-law?
This refrain underscores the speaker's internal struggle and repetition of mistakes.
What is “I’m the problem, it’s me”?
What does the daughter-in-law allegedly kill her for?
What is the money, or inheritance?
The song portrays the narrator’s fear of this emotional experience caused by her own actions.
What is abandonment or being left?
She says she disguises covert narcissism as this quality.
What is altruism?
The narrator says these people stand in the room during the graveyard shift.
Who are the ghosted people?
This repeated line emphasizes the emotional weight of always being misunderstood.
What is “It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero”?