One Of Those Days

Song Meaning

This track captures the messy, unglamorous reality of a day gone wrong. The narrator wakes up late, disoriented by the sun, and immediately feels the weight of a bad situation. It’s a feeling of being overwhelmed, wishing to hit reset on the entire day. The initial tone is one of resignation, a low-key acceptance that some days are just destined for chaos. The core tension lies in the narrator's struggle with past relationships and a derailed sense of self. A text from an ex about her new relationship with his former best friend triggers a cascade of insecurity, even as he claims to be "over it." This internal conflict is amplified by the memory of a time when "everything was good," a stark contrast to his current state of feeling "messed up." The lyrics cleverly juxtapose the desire to escape with the passive acceptance of "wasting" the day. The narrator lists mundane distractions like ordering food, smoking weed, and binge-watching a show, framing them as deliberate choices to cope. This highlights a sense of inertia; he’s not actively fixing things, but rather leaning into the unproductive state, finding a strange comfort in the familiar routine of distraction. What makes this effective is its raw honesty about feeling stuck. The repeated phrase "I'm over it," delivered with increasing doubt, underscores the emotional dissonance. It’s this blend of outward bravado and underlying vulnerability, the mundane details of a bad day, that makes the narrator’s experience feel so grounded and relatable.