Trying on Shoes

Album

So Close to What

Label

RCA Records

Genre

Dance-pop

Entered Chart

Dec 6, 2025

Peak Date

Dec 6, 2025

track. "Trying On Shoes" is one of four new songs included on McRae's deluxe edition of her third studio album, So Close to What??? Larry Gold and Steve Tirpak arranged the strings. They frequently work together as a strings team on pop and R&B records, with credits on projects like Lana Del Rey's "Born To Die" and some Bruno Mars/Silk Sonic tracks. Gold and Tirpak also collaborated with Tate McRae on the So Close to What??? song "Nobody's Girl."

Don't know what country I'm in, but I know how I'm feelin'
(My body's always right)
I knew I must've dropped my diary in the pool for a reason
(Erased you, every line)
Did you forget the kind of bitch with whom you were dealing?
(A song I can't rewind)
Yeah, I can fall in love hard, turn around and delete it
So I'm

Tryin' on shoes, puttin' on glitter
Anything to make me a little less bitter
Favorite blue, take a pretty picture
Got you like, "Fuck"
You'll swear to God that I'm someone else

I can't stop (stop)
You piss me off, then I'll tune it out
I can't stop (stop)

You roll your eyes at all my shows, and God knows I see it
(All I see is you)
Used to idolize you, baby, took a year to reveal it
(And the hard truth)

Is I'm not what you need, it's hard to believe
You need a girl that isn't me, warming the seat, stayin' at home
It's hard to compete with someone I'm not
And someone that I'll never be
So I'm

Tryin' on shoes, puttin' on glitter
Anything to make me a little less bitter
Favorite blue, take a pretty picture
Got you like, "Fuck"
You'll swear to God that I'm someone else (yeah)

I can't stop
You piss me off, then I'll tune it out (oh)
I can't stop

And maybe I'm not the girl that you thought (ah)
Or maybe you loved me once but forgot (ah, ah)
So, baby, go back to puttin' up a front (mm, ah)
And guess I thought wrong for thinkin' you'd wait, 'cause (ah)
I don't move on at your type of pace, and (ah, ah)
Can we go back and talk at your place?
Just, just once


Tryin' on shoes, puttin' on glitter (ah, ah)
Anything to make me a little less bitter
Favorite blue, take a pretty picture (ah, ah)
Got you like, "Fuck"
You'll swear to God that I'm somebody else
I can't stop
You piss me off, yeah, I'm turning it out
I can't stop