Verse 1 Give me a spotlight, give me a stage I’ll burn the whole room down for minimum wage Watch me ignite, watch me catch fire Three chords and nerve wire But the second the set ends, I’m back to the floor The girl nobody noticed walking out the door Electric on stage, invisible at home Loudest in the room, still somehow alone
Pre-Chorus I can play for strangers all night But I can’t say your name right
Chorus All these bright lights and I still can’t find A way to be as brave as I sound I’ve played to crowds who knew every line But you’re one person I can’t figure out Give me the noise, give me the crowd I know how to be that loud But you and me, just quiet and real That’s the only set I’m scared to feel
Verse
No crowd, no lights, just in-between
Makeup fading, I wash off the spark
Trading the glow for a quiet dark
They only see me when I’m amplified
But never the cracks I try to hide
So I chase that stage, that fleeting high
Where I exist — at least for a while
Pre-Chorus I can play for strangers all night But I can’t say your name right
Chorus All these bright lights and I still can’t find A way to be as brave as I sound I’ve played to crowds who knew every line But you’re one person I can’t figure out Give me the noise, give me the crowd I know how to be that loud But you and me, just quiet and real That’s the only set I’m scared to feel
Verse
Flip off the switch, back into grey
All of that fire just fades away
No cheers, no noise, no one around
Just echoes left of a dying sound
They love the mask, not who I am
Not the girl behind the amp and stand
So I keep coming back to the flame
Where I feel real when they scream my name
Pre-Chorus I can play for strangers all night But I can’t say your name right
Chorus All these bright lights and I still can’t find A way to be as brave as I sound I’ve played to crowds who knew every line But you’re one person I can’t figure out Give me the noise, give me the crowd I know how to be that loud But you and me, just quiet and real That’s the only set I’m scared to feel
[Acapella] [Cold End] [Guitar]
Who am I when the lights go down?
No guitar, no crowd around
Just a voice I barely know
In the quiet after the show
If I’m only real up there
In the noise, in the glare
Then what’s left when it all is gone?
Just a shadow holding on