Lyric

I’m used to hearing them laugh

Still chasing dreams I scribbled down

I hide my “no” inside a smile

And move in sync to stay with the crowd

That pain I tried to block away

Is biting deep into my back

I ran so far, but couldn’t reach

The me I left along the track

I said, “I don’t care anymore!”

But part of me still holds on tight

To that fading spark that never died

It’s all I had to keep me alive

Even kindness felt like a lie

Still, I’m standing here again tonight

I don’t know whose voice I heard, but

It was calling out to bring me back

The more I compare, the more I break

But I can’t look away again

What’s “right” is just a mask they wear

Built on someone else’s pain

If I weren’t me, I might’ve quit

Stopped fighting through this hopeless mess

But I’m still clinging to the edge

Drawn to despair’s lonely grace

I said, “Just let it all burn!”

But deep inside, I still believe

It’s okay to fall, it’s okay to break

If I can be the realest me

Couldn’t even take in your love

I threw it all away that night

But someone’s voice broke through the dark

And said, “You’ll still be alright”

All the noise of hope and traps of silence

In the sound, no judgment can survive

Even pointless words can start to dance

So let me fade into the static now

I kept saying, “I don’t care at all!”

But I was the one chasing tomorrow

Crying, screaming — doesn’t matter how

If I can move, I’ll go, I’ll follow

All I could do was fake belief

Still, someone’s voice reached out to me

Beyond a “you’ll be okay”

I found the strength to rise again