[Verse 1]
Trash bag suitcase
My whole life in the backseat
Car door closes
I pretend that I’m asleep
Names on the mailbox
I can’t fit mine in the space
Say I’m “only staying”
Like I’m renting out my place
[Pre-Chorus]
I count the doors
I count the stairs
I learn the cracks
In every chair
If I disappear
Would they even know
My name?
[Chorus]
Am I a guest or your kid tonight?
Do I get bedtime stories
Or just porch light?
Can I put my picture on your fridge
Or is that too much to give?
Tell me I’m more than a visitor
More than a file in a drawer somewhere
Hold me like I can’t be returned
Love me like I’m already yours
[Verse 2]
New school Monday
Teacher stumbles on my last name
Says “this might change soon”
Like my heart is a blank page
Birthday cupcakes
But I don’t know what to wish for
A room of singing voices
I’m still standing at the door
[Pre-Chorus]
I fold my hope
Like paper planes
Throw it down
The hallway lane
If it comes back
Maybe that’s a sign
I stay
[Chorus]
Am I a guest or your kid tonight?
Do I get bedtime stories
Or just porch light?
Can I put my picture on your fridge
Or is that too much to give?
Tell me I’m more than a visitor
More than a file in a drawer somewhere
Hold me like I can’t be returned
Love me like I’m already yours
[Bridge]
I’ve heard “forever”
Said like it’s a promise ring
Then watched the boxes
Build up by the door again
So when you say
“I choose you
Every day”
I watch your eyes
To see if they look away
[Chorus]
Am I a guest or your kid tonight?
’Cause you still read me stories
With the soft light
You put my picture on your fridge
With all the others you did
Whisper I’m more than a visitor
More than a file in a drawer somewhere
And when you say “you’re mine for sure”
I start to feel
I’m already yours (already yours)