[Verse 1] I used to walk in with a version already decided With lines I had ready for any room I was walking into Something familiar, something they wouldn’t question And I held onto that longer than I care to admit Then I stopped without making it something No speech, no warning, no moment to mark it at all I just set down the version I thought they needed And stood there with only what I already had
[Pre-Chorus] And it turns out what’s mine was enough in the end Like it’s always been there underneath all of that noise I just had to let everything fall to see
[Chorus] Crash Not the one they expected, but the one I chose Not the end of the story, just the way it goes I let it all fall without holding it together Let it land wherever it needed to land Crash And when everything quieted down in the end What survived was me Just me
[Verse 2] No more backup versions of me in the background waiting No more reading the room before I’m even in it No more building something shaped like expectation And disappearing somewhere inside it I know what I sound like when I don’t overthink it I know what I’m making when I let it come through I know why I’m standing here, and it isn’t complicated It’s mine
[Pre-Chorus] And it turns out that’s more than enough as it is Like I don’t have to add anything for it to hold The crash was just clearing the space
[Chorus] Crash Not the one they expected, but the one I chose Not the end of the story, just the way it goes I let it all fall without holding it together Let it land wherever it needed to land Crash And when everything quieted down in the end What survived was me Just me
[Bridge — soft, sustained] I don’t have a list of who I’m supposed to become No outline waiting for what happens next Just the sound I’ve been making since before anyone listened And it turns out That’s everything
[Final Chorus — lifted, warm] Crash That’s what it took to finally get here like this And I would go through all of it again Not the version that came from trying to plan it all out But the one that came out of what couldn’t hold Crash Crash Crash
[Outro] Nothing left to perform Nothing left to prove Just this Just mine