Behind the Song
I wrote An Outsider before starting middle school. I didn’t know how people would treat me, how they would see me, or if I would even fit in.
The song is about being proud of whatever it is that makes you different. Just because you don’t fit in doesn’t mean you need to change who you are.
I took pride in being different. So much pride that I turned that song into my first single, and its message into my motto. I'm just an outsider living in an insider's world.
- Kylie
Lyrics
Trying to fit in
It's like a new world
That's halfway figured out
Like my music
Delusional until you turn it around
Yeah, It's kind of crazy
That maybe, maybe
Of getting to the top of it
It leaves me in a state of confusion
I'm simply gonna lose it
I'm just an outsider living in an insider's world
Like a mountain I'm trying to climb over
The tide rises and I bring it in
Into the comfort of my closure
But then I let it go again
I'm just an outsider living on the edge
My voice is so monotone.
I'm not thinking straight
And I think everybody knows
I'm living insincerely
Unsure if I belong
Oh, so wrong
I'm just an outsider living in an insider's world
Like a mountain I'm trying to climb over
The tide rises and I bring it in
Into the comfort of my closure
But then I let it go again
I'm just an outsider living on the edge
I'm, I'm, Oh, I'm, I'm, Yeah, Yeah
Break that barrier
Lift the weight that holds you down
"You'll never make it past this town."
"You're weird. You're strange. You talk too much."
Half of it's what I say, and the other what people...
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
I'm just an outsider living in an insider's world
Like a mountain I'm trying to climb over
The tide rises and I bring it in
Into the comfort of my closure
But then I let it go again
I'm just an outsider living on the edge
Let me try to fit in
Then watch me fail
Can you tell that I'm scared but seem alright
Seem so fine
So fine
Three steps forward, two steps back
Replay in my head their laughing track
God, my invisible audience saw all that
They saw all that
They saw all that
They...
I'm just an outsider living on the edge
Credits
Artist: Kylie Cobliz
Artist: Kylie Coblitz
Written by: Kylie Coblitz
Produced by: David Favazza
Mixed by: David Favazza
Mastered by: Fred Miller
