[Verse 1]
Late shift at the campus café
Ink stains on my fingers again
Group chat says “shots at midnight”
I’m chasing one more deadline instead
They’re barefoot in a hallway
I’m buried in a borrowed book
Smell of ramen
Sleepless summer
Trying not to come unhooked
[Chorus]
No one told me it hits like this
Harder than the brochure bliss
High on the terror of what if I miss
(what if I miss?)
No one warned me my chest would shake
Exhilarated
Wide awake
While they’re all gone
I’m the one that stays
I’m the one that stays
[Verse 2]
Cheap wine in a plastic solo
Echoes down the dorm-room wall
They brag about “not feeling nothing”
I feel every tiny thing fall
They’re laughing at a locked screen
I’m budgeting on loose change
Booking flights in secret windows
Dreaming in another language
[Chorus]
No one told me it hits like this
Harder than the brochure bliss
High on the terror of what if I miss
(what if I miss?)
No one warned me my chest would shake
Exhilarated
Wide awake
While they’re all gone
I’m the one that stays
I’m the one that stays
[Bridge]
I walk home under buzzing signs
Cold air in my lungs
Clear mind
They call it boring
I call it mine
I call it mine (yeah)
If growing up is a lonely climb
I lace my boots
I take my time
I won’t trade this sharp
Electric life
For one more blurry night
[Chorus]
No one told me it hits like this
Harder than the brochure bliss
High on the terror of what if I miss
(what if I miss?)
No one warned me my chest would shake
Exhilarated
Wide awake
While they’re all gone
I’m the one that stays
I’m the one that stays (I’m the one that stays)