Lyric

You said

"Be the first to leave this town"

Ironed my shirt

Pinned hope

Like medals on a hand-me-down

Every test

Every late-night kitchen speech

Felt your future on my shoulders

Just a little out of reach

I’m smiling in your photos

But I’m shaking in my shoes

‘Cause I’m scared if I stop running

It’s your second chance I lose

I got your dream on my back like a neon cross

Dancing in the dark to the weight of what it costs

Crowd screaming loud but I still hear your name

Am I living my life

Or just playing your game?

Hands up high while my heart stays low

Every cheer feels heavy

But I won’t let it show

If I fall tonight

Will I break your sky?

Or finally learn this life is mine

Phone call

You’re awake at 2 a.m

Asking if the stage lights

Feel like coming home again

You trade stories

Of the chances that you missed

I taste guilt between the praise

Like metal on my lips

You say "I’m so proud of you"

But it sounds like "don’t you quit"

I’m caught between your rerun

And my own unwritten script

I got your dream on my back like a neon cross

Dancing in the dark to the weight of what it costs

Crowd screaming loud but I still hear your name

Am I living my life

Or just playing your game?

Hands up high while my heart stays low

Every cheer feels heavy

But I won’t let it show

If I fall tonight

Will I break your sky?

Or finally learn this life is mine

So I jump

Let the ground decide

If I’m yours

Or I’m finally mine

If this drop

Tears the past in two

Can I keep the love

And leave the script to you? (Woah)

I got your dream on my back like a neon cross

But I’m cutting these strings as the bass line drops

Crowd screaming loud and I call my own name

I am living my life

Not replaying your game

Hands up high

Feel the burden slide

All this borrowed pressure leaking out my spine

If I fall tonight

I won’t fear the sky

‘Cause win or lose

This life is mine