[Verse 1]
Sat back row
Hood up
Head low
They pointed
Laughed
Called me every cruel name they could imagine
“Buffalo”
“Neanderthal”
“Zombie eyes” in the bathroom stall
Learned to walk
Like I took up less space in the hall
[Pre-Chorus]
Wouldn’t meet my own reflection
Always flinched at my direction
Tried to blend into the wall
Tried to feel nothing at all
[Chorus]
But look at me now
I’m center stage
Under these lights
I own my name
You tried to break me
Made me strange
Now that strange is why they scream my name
You said “buffalo” like it was shame
Thick skin
Big heart
I kept my flame
You never saw the girl I’d be
But you see me now
Yeah
You see me
[Verse 2]
Same eyes
Same nose
Same body in these glitter clothes
Only difference
I stopped waiting for your “good enough”
Double-taped dress
Shaky hands
Deep breath in my chest
Mic is hot
And I say every word like a cut
[Pre-Chorus]
Every scar became a story
Every bruise turned into glory
All the hurt you threw at me
Bounced back as harmony
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
To the kid eating lunch in the bathroom stall
Hiding from the echoes in the hallway calls
You are not their joke
You’re a quiet roar
You’re a whole crowd waiting past that door
[crescendo]
They can point
They can shout
But one day you’ll turn around
Stage lights in your tear-filled eyes
And you’ll realize
[Chorus]