[Verse 1]
Mascara on in the bathroom stall
Reading texts like a crystal ball
Is he lying
Am I trying
To be small just to keep him calm
You walk in
Eyeliner like armor
Say his name and you look sharper
"Girl
You're not crazy"
In three words
You save me
[Pre-Chorus]
We trade our secrets like contraband
Silent battles written on our hands
I see my scars in your reflection
We turn our pain into protection
[Chorus]
This is for the girls who never say it out loud
Carrying the weight
Still moving through the crowd
Hands up high
Yeah
We’re breaking the sound
We’re louder together
Louder together
For every time they ever told us sit down
We turn every tear into a golden crown
Side by side
Yeah
We’re shaking the ground
We’re better together
Better together now
[Verse 2]
Late night calls on a bedroom floor
Talking circles ’til our throats get sore
"Should I leave
Will he change?"
We both know
But it still feels strange
You say
"Block his number
I’ll be there"
Braids half-done
Hoodie
Tangled hair
Laugh through the panic
Magic in the damage
[Pre-Chorus]
We stitch each other’s hearts with jokes
Hold our anger in our throats
Then let it out in little riots
Messy
Holy
Brave and quiet
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
To the girl in the office biting back her truth
To the one at the party shrinking in the booth
To the mother
To the daughter
To the friend that you are
You’re not alone
You’re not too far
[low vocal register] We say your name like a war cry
[stacked vocals] We say your name like a prayer line
Call us fragile
Watch us rise
We’re the storm behind these eyes
[Chorus]