Sometimes chaos makes perfect sense, just ask colby!.
Her latest track To Each Their Own, released on Valentine’s day, might sound like organised musical mayhem at first, but listen closer and you’ll discover a brutally honest exploration of growing up and growing apart.
The Fort Worth native’s vocals slice through layered rhythms and melodic swirls, opening with a deceptively simple “Get on my bike, get out of the pity.”
From there, the track oscillates between escape and confrontation.
Verses about trying on different clothes and visiting salty shores paint a restless soul searching for change while others stay “tied up in the city.”
The chorus lands like a truth bomb, riding an infectiously simple melody: “And the others go, and we never grow, ’cause we never show.”
It’s about watching old friends fade into their own lives, their paths branching off in unexpected directions.
The bridge hammers this home with rapid-fire contradictions “When there’s sun there’s a gun, when there’s fun we’re done” that capture the maddening paradoxes of early adulthood.
For colby!, who battled severe dyslexia from age 8, music has always been more than just a creative outlet.
Her journey from intensive therapy to writing songs at 14 adds extra depth to lyrics about feeling out of sync and seeking growth.
The production mirrors this complexity as sound waves build and crash like thoughts tumbling over each other, creating the perfect backdrop for screaming along during solo car rides (one of colby!’s favourite pastimes).
To Each Their Own works because it embraces the mess. Rather than trying to make sense of why some friendships fade while others flourish, it simply acknowledges the chaos of growing up and growing apart.
Check out colby!’s chaotic-yet-catchy creation and its equally mesmerising music video – your car speakers won’t know what hit them.
colby! To Each Their Own Lyrics
Verse 1:
Get on my bike
Get out of the pity
I’m so tired of the way of the city
I’ve been going to salty shores
I’ve been trying on different clothes
You’re so tired of the day and day
I’ve been trying to see your face
All of this and nothing more
All of this and stupid chores
All of this and nothing more
All of this and stupid chores
I’m so tired of the way of the city
Get on my bike
Get out of the pity
I’ve been trying on different clothes
I’ve been going to salty shores
I’ve been trying to see your face
You’re so tired of the day and day
All of this and stupid chores
All of this and nothing more
Chorus:
And the other’s go
And we never grow
Because we never show
To each their own
To each their own
Verse 2:
You’ve been begging for my pity
But you’re so tied up in the city
You’ve been rotting in your clothes
You’ve been crying but no one knows
You don’t wanna help yourself
It’s too hard to be yourself
You want to see a change
You’re too tired anyway
Chorus:
And the other’s go
And we never grow
‘Cause we never show
To each their own
To each their own
And the other’s go
And we never grow
‘Cause we never show
To each their own
When there’s sun there’s a gun
When there’s fun we’re done
When there’s heat we never speak
When it’s dry we cry
When there’s sun there’s a gun
When there’s fun we’re done
When there’s heat we never speak
When it’s dry we cry
And the other’s go
And we never grow
‘Cause we never show
To each their own
To each their own
And the other’s go
And we never grow
‘Cause we never show
To each their own