Self sabotage

"**self sabotage**" is a song by Maggie Lindemann, written by herself, Cody Tarpley, Joshua Murty, Larzz Principato & LØLØ and produced by Maggie Lindemann, Cody Tarpley, Joshua Murty & kmoe. Taken from Lindemann's debut album *SUCKERPUNCH*, the song was released as the album's fifth single on August 12, 2022, the last single before the album's release.

## Background & Composition

The song was first teased in April 2022 when the singer opened a Q&A box on Instagram Stories and a fan asked for a hint of of her new songs name, to which Lindemann replied with a page saying what self-sabotaging was. A few months later, on August 6, Lindemann posted a snippet of the single on her Instagram with the caption "loading...". Two days later, on August 8, she announced the single.

Upon release, Lindemann shared the meaning of the song via press release:

"The song is about not allowing yourself to receive the love that you deserve. I crave a little bit of action in my life and when things are going too good, I tend to do something to test the pliancy of the positiveness."
## Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I tell you to leave when I want you to stay

I'm stuck in my ways, I can't win my own game

If it's meant to be, then I'll throw it away, oh

[Pre-Chorus]

Hurt you for no reason, I won't call you back

Then I break you into pieces so I don't get attached

Get so caught up in my feelings, float until we crash

And we're runnin' out of gas, I was hopin' we could last, but

[Chorus]

I start to fall, then I cave

And I push you away

You could call it self-sabotage

I love to dig my own grave

Somethin' wrong with my brain

You could call it self-sabotage

It's a self-fulfillin' prophecy

I know I'm gonna fuck it up with you and me

Shit's never goin' my way

Now I'm drownin' in blame

You could call it self-sabotage

[Verse 2]

I'm hard to love, this girl is a gun

I'm killin' 'em softly, one by one

So fill up your lungs, yeah, you better run, oh

[Pre-Chorus]

Hurt you for no reason, I won't call you back

Then I break you into pieces so I don't get attached

Get so caught up in my feelings, float until we crash

And we're runnin' out of gas, I was hopin' we could last, but

[Chorus]

I start to fall, then I cave

And I push you away

You could call it self-sabotage

I love to dig my own grave

Somethin' wrong with my brain

You could call it self-sabotage

It's a self-fulfillin' prophecy

I know I'm gonna fuck it up with you and me

Shit's never goin' my way

Now I'm drownin' in blame

You could call it self-sabotage

[Pre-Chorus]

Hurt you for no reason, I won't call you back

Then I break you into pieces so I don't get attached

Get so caught up in my feelings, float until we crash

And we're runnin' out of gas, I was hopin' we could last, but

[Chorus]

I start to fall, then I cave

And I push you away

You could call it self-sabotage

I love to dig my own grave

Somethin' wrong with my brain

You could call it self-sabotage

It's a self-fulfillin' prophecy

I know I'm gonna fuck it up with you and me

Shit's never goin' my way

Now I'm drownin' in blame

You could call it self-sabotage

## Music video

Maggie Lindemann - self sabotage (lyric video)