(Verse 1)
Action!
Opening title, lights flicker on my face
Hollywood Classic playing in my head
Dreaming EGOTs, but I don’t know the place
Where do you start when you’re born for the stage?
Audition taped in my bedroom late
Reading lines like prayers I never say
They say I’m crazy, but it’s not my fault
I see my name when the curtains fall
(Pre-Chorus)
They laugh and say “She doesn’t even go here”
But I’m determinate, I won’t disappear
I’m waiting for rain in a drought so dry
Still rehearsing my life like a final goodbye
(Chorus)
Cue the music, say my name
Star-ing Shane — freeze the frame
I don’t know how, I don’t know when
But I won’t ever let go, no I won’t pretend
Hands shaking, heart on fire
I was born for this desire
Say it loud, let it show
Lights, camera—Action! go
(Verse 2)
Hallway heroine pacing back and forth
Pink briefcase full of might-be worths
Plastic crown sitting crooked on my head
Still a Movie Star in the things I said
“Tell me something I don’t know,” they tease
But I feel destiny pulling at me
They call it luck, they call it fate
I call it staying when I should break
(Pre-Chorus 2)
They roll their eyes, say “so fetch”
Like hope is something I should’ve outgrown yet
But I bend & snap, then stand up straight
Every no just sharpens my faith
(Chorus)
Cue the music, say my name
Star-Ing Shane — freeze the frame
I don’t know how, I don’t know when
But I won’t ever let go, never let go again
Hands shaking, heart on fire
Catching fire with every try
Say it loud, let it show
Lights, camera—Action! go
(Bridge)
Safehaven in a darkened room
Scripts and dreams and midnight moons
I’ve never let go, I never will
Even when the world stands still
I’m waiting for rain, I’m begging skies
But I’ll bloom anyway, I’ve decided my life
(Final Chorus)
Opening title, this is my scene
From hallway floors to silver screens
Laugh if you want, I already know
Where this story’s gonna go
Catching fire, watch me grow
I was made for this, hello
Roll the credits, let them say
Forever.
And that’s the scene!
CheerBoi
