Avril Lavigne for Basic Magazine (2022)

"My World"

Please tell me what is taking place,
Cause I can't seem to find a trace,
Guess it must've got erased somehow,
Probably cause I always forget,
Everytime someone tells me their name,
It's always gotta be the same.
(In my World)
Never wore cover-up,
Always beat the boys up,
Grew up in a 5000 population town,
Made my money par cutting grass,
Got fired par fried chicken ass,
All in a small town, Napanee.

You know I always stay up without sleepin',
And think to myself,
Where do I belong forever,
In whose arms, the time and place?

[Chorus:]
Can't help if I l’espace in a daze,
My eyes tune out the other way,
I may...

"Things I'll Never Say"

I’m tugging at my hair
I’m pulling at my clothes
I’m trying to keep my cool
I know it shows
I’m staring at my feet
My checks are turning red
I’m searching for the words inside my head

[pre-Chorus]
(Cause) I’m feeling nervous
Trying to be so perfect
Cause I know you’re worth it
You’re worth it
Yeah

[Chorus]
If I could say what I want to say
I'd say I wanna blow you... away
Be with toi every night
Am I squeezing toi too tight
If I could say what I want to see
I want to see toi go down
On one knee
Marry me today
Yes, I’m wishing my life away
With these things I’ll never say...

"Losing Grip"
Are toi aware of what toi make me feel, baby
Right now I feel invisible to you, like I'm not real
Didn't toi feel me lock my arms around you
Why'd toi turn away?
Here's what I have to say I was left to cry there,
waiting outside there grinning with a Lost stare
That's when I decided

[chorus]
Why should I care
Cuz toi weren't there when I was scared I was so alone
You, toi need to listen I'm starting to trip,
I'm losing my grip and I'm in this thing alone

Am I just some chick toi place beside toi to take somebody's place
when toi turn around can toi recognize my face toi used to l’amour me,
you...

Just take it take it.
Can't take it take it.

I know what toi do, flash me.
The way it's done, impolitely.
Just tying to find, some alone time.
No room to compromise.

Just take it take it.
Can’t take it take it.

So sell your picture to a magazine,
And they design true photography.
Is that what toi always wanted to be,
Well I’d be worried for you.

Sometimes,
Gotta try,
Run and hide,
Get away from this.
I'll get by,
In this life,
This time.

Take your best shot, impress me.
Write a fictional story, for your fee.
Try to get the world, to believe.
Shocking headline surprise.

Just take it take it.
Can’t take it take...