[Verse 1]
Cake on the table
Candles burn blue
You ask if I’m smiling
I say, “Not for you”
Paper crown crooked
Plastic knife bent
Everybody claps once
Then the moment went
[Pre-Chorus]
Make a wish, make it fast
Watch it fall through the glass
I keep counting the cracks
While they call me back
[Chorus]
Birthday yes
Happy never
Birthday yes
Happy never
Blow it out
Let it sever
Birthday yes
Happy never
[Verse 2]
Old photo on the fridge
My face, half-lit
Same hard eyes in the frame
Same stubborn kid
You sing off-key
I bite my tongue
Another year of “maybe”
Another year gone
[Pre-Chorus]
Make a wish, make it fast
Watch it fall through the glass
I keep counting the cracks
While they call me back
[Chorus]
Birthday yes
Happy never
Birthday yes
Happy never
Blow it out
Let it sever
Birthday yes
Happy never
[Bridge]
Keep the cake
Take the chair
Leave the noise
Leave me there
One more flame
One more grin
I was born
To survive again
[Final Chorus]
Birthday yes
Happy never
Birthday yes
Happy never
Blow it out
Let it sever
Birthday yes
Happy never