Stage Dive Heartbeat

Black boots

Scuffed floor

Backstage

One door

Little list of every time they said I'd never score

Deep breath

Red light

Crowd noise

Cold mic

Thumb on the tape where I wrote “I don’t hide”

Heart racing faster than the kick drum count

All of these doubts get drowned out now

If I fall flat, yeah, I fall flat loud

Either way

They’ll know my name in this crowd

This is my stage dive heartbeat

Hands up if you feel me

I’m still here when the lights hit

Can’t kill what was built from the misfits

This is my stage dive heartbeat

Sing off-key but it sets me free

I’m too loud for your small town dream

I break rules when I breathe

Middle finger feelings

Painted on my jean seams

Sharpie on my wrist reads

“Turn panic into big screams”

Snare hits

Side-eye

I see my ex on the right side

Said I wouldn’t make it past last July

So I rap every scar like a set list

Spit every “too much” that they called weakness

Pop hooks with a punk in the middle

Pretty face, razor blade in the syllables

Do you hear that rush in your rib cage?

Do you feel that shout in your own name?

All the kids in the back of the class

Now we’re crowd surfing over the past

This is my stage dive heartbeat

Hands up if you feel me

I’m still here when the lights hit

Can’t kill what was built from the misfits

This is my stage dive heartbeat

Sing off-key but it sets me free

I’m too loud for your small town dream

I break rules when I breathe

Tattooed truth on a torn wristband

Every “sit down” turned to a battle plan

If they ever try to cut my