A good old fashioned breakup song.
Today, Carly Pearce released a new tune called “My Place,” which is the fifth single she’s put out from her forthcoming hummingbird album, in addition to “heels over head,” “country music made me do it” and “we don’t fight anymore” featuring Chris Stapleton, and the title track.
She says “My Place” was inspired by a dream she had about a relationship she was in, but knew was bound to end eventually:
“I wrote this song about a dream I had long before the relationship I was in ended, but I knew that it would.
It’s hard to watch people move on and realize your heart can’t live there anymore, but that realization is the beginning of the healing process.”
Written by Carly along with Lauren Hungate and Jordan Reynolds, it finds her coming to terms with the fact that her ex has moved on and found someone new, though she hasn’t quite done the same. There is some clever wordplay that I absolutely love, and this is easily one of my favorites from the tracklist so far:
“Bet my good wine’s still in his bar
Took all of my dishes, but I left my heart
Are her eyes blue or green?
Is she prettier than me?
Were you chasin’ some high? Was I just some phase?
Do you ever slip up and call her my name?
Either way
It ain’t my place
To question if there’s someone fillin’ my space
Ain’t my business tryna picture 4 by 6s with her in ’em
If she does things that I didn’t
Wonderin’ what the hell I’m wonderin’ for
It ain’t my place ’cause it ain’t my place anymore”
hummingbird was produced by Carly along with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne, marking her debut as a co-producer.
Blending a traditional country sound and honest, authentic lyricism to create a lane that is all her own, Carly is certainly one to watch in the genre and is poised to release one of the best albums of the year with this new project.
It’s slated to drop everywhere on June 14th, and you can check out “My Place” below.
“hummingbird”
hummingbird tracklist:
1. “country music made me do it” | Written by Carly Pearce, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
2. “truck on fire” | Written by Carly Pearce, Justin Ebach, Charles Kelley
3. “still blue” | Written by Carly Pearce, Natalie Hemby, Josh Osborne
4. “heels over head” | Written by Carly Pearce, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
5. “we don’t fight anymore” featuring Chris Stapleton | Written by Carly Pearce, Pete Good, Shane McAnally
6. “rock paper scissors” | Written by Carly Pearce, Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds
7. “oklahoma” | Written by Carly Pearce, Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally, Jordan Reynolds
8. “my place” | Written by Carly Pearce, Lauren Hungate, Jordan Reynolds
9. “things I don’t chase” | Written by Robyn Dell’Unto, Kat Higgins, Ava Supplesa
10. “woman to woman” | Written by Carly Pearce, Tofer Brown, Lauren Hungate
11. “fault line” | Written by Carly Pearce, Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally, Jordan Reynolds
12. “pretty please” | Written by Carly Pearce, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne
13. “trust issues” | Written by Carly Pearce, Nicolle Galyon, Jordan Reynolds
14. “hummingbird” | Written by Carly Pearce, Nicolle Galyon, Shane McAnally, Jordan Reynolds
