Released: October 30, 2020
Songwriter: Alex Hope Troye Sivan
[Verse 1]
Sweet life living
Pools and swimming
Drinks in bars and
Boys in cars and
Rooftop sinning
Skinny dipping
Shooting stars with you
Fat cigars and
[Pre-Chorus]
And that weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silence
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
Cause I saw you there
Lost and trying to be
[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
[Verse 2]
Mansion debut
Love it, do you?
Absent father
Pays his daughter
And her mama withdrew
From the life they once knew
She had a heart
But she sold it off for
[Pre-Chorus]
That weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silencе
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
Cause I saw you thеre
Lost and trying to be
[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
[Post-Chorus]
When I've got that cigarette smoke
And Saint Laurent coat, but nothing is feeling right
I drink but I choke
I love but I don't
[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
[Outro]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
Sweet life living
Pools and swimming
Drinks in bars and
Boys in cars and
Rooftop sinning
Skinny dipping
Shooting stars with you
Fat cigars and
[Pre-Chorus]
And that weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silence
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
Cause I saw you there
Lost and trying to be
[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
[Verse 2]
Mansion debut
Love it, do you?
Absent father
Pays his daughter
And her mama withdrew
From the life they once knew
She had a heart
But she sold it off for
[Pre-Chorus]
That weekend up in the islands
They stop and stare
Flashes filling the silencе
Of a Hollywood love affair
Waking up in the islands
Cause I saw you thеre
Lost and trying to be
[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
[Post-Chorus]
When I've got that cigarette smoke
And Saint Laurent coat, but nothing is feeling right
I drink but I choke
I love but I don't
[Chorus]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
[Outro]
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
I was just trying to be cool
I was just trying to be like you
I'm a spark and you're a boom
What am I supposed to do?
- Can’t Get You Out of My Head
- Say Something
- Dancing
- Magic
- Real Groove
- Stop Me from Falling
- Spinning Around
- Get Outta My Way
- In Your Eyes
- Miss a Thing
- Love at First Sight
- Your Disco Needs You
- Golden
- Celebrate You
- Santa Baby
- Chiggy Wiggy
- I Should Be So Lucky
- Supernova
- Especially for You
- Confide in Me
- Sincerely Yours
- Chocolate
- Music’s Too Sad Without You
- All the Lovers