A Little Crazy Lyrics
That's what people do
Gettin over you
Smilin, did you see me smiling?
The whole act's just for you
What else can I do?
People say I'm better off alone
So I'm trying, trying, trying
Oh please, if you see me cry
I apologize, I'm a little crazy, crazy, crazy
Together, we'd always be together
I thought you felt the same
Funny how things change
People say it takes a little time
So I'm trying, trying, trying
Oh please, if you see me cry
I apologize, I'm a little crazy, crazy, crazy
People say I'm better of alone
People say it takes a little time
I can't hear a word those people say
I know that I'm crazy, crazy, crazy
I won't change mine
Still, I'm trying, trying, trying
I'm on my knees
I'm on my knees!
I know you're over me
And it's driving me crazy, crazy, crazy
Walkin, spent a lot of time walkin
Cause that's what people do
Getting over you
About
The song is about the end of a relationship and the typical habits one usually engages in to try and get over another person. In this instance, that includes walking and pretending to smile. Nicole, the vocalist, also states that if her lover were to see her vulnerable, it’s because she’s taken the breakup hard and admits that she needs to move on even though she’s not over them.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
At The Aquarian, singer/co-writer Nicole Atkins discussed the genesis of the song and how the merciless honestly left her feeling:
Unleashing the innermost mysteries of your soul can go one of two ways; you can be left feeling naked and unnerved or it can be a baptismal experience. Which way did it go for you this time around?
I think it was more like a relief. It was a relief to just admit I was fucking up or that I was sad about something. It’s OK. In the song, “A Little Crazy,” I was such a wreck over this one relationship. It wasn’t working and I would be in bars crying to whoever would listen and that’s OK. It’s embarrassing but shit fucking happens. You drink too much and you are quitting. Don’t be embarrassed. Fuck it. Lots of people do that. If you don’t talk about it you’re not going to move past it.
At Highway 81 Revisited, Nicole Atkins discussed how the collaboration came about with Isaak, who had taken Atkins on her first tour in 2007:
I was working as a host on Sirius XM Spectrum. Chris was in the studio to promote his new album, and my supervisor knew we toured together, so she asked me to interview him. I hadn’t seen him in seven years, and we picked up right where we left off. Afterwards he invited me out to San Francisco to write songs with him!
Atkins discussed this at The Seventh Hex:
Was ‘A Little Crazy’ the natural choice as the album opener?
Yeah, it definitely was. When I was sitting with these songs, each time I heard ‘A Little Crazy’, I just knew it would be the opener. Just the way it starts out with the violins in the beginning, it just sounds like the opening of a play or a movie, there was nothing that could go before it.
- 1.A Little Crazy
- 3.Listen Up
- 5.If I Could
- 6.Colors
- 9.Sleepwalking