Strong Enough To Be Alone

[Verse 1]
Keeps her keys on a nail by the door
Coffee rings on the same clean table
Phone lights up
"you awake?" at 4
She says "yeah
I got you"
Even when she's barely stable
Holds back tears in the frozen aisle
Laughs too loud so she won't start shaking
Buys one plate
One cup
One quiet smile
Says "I'm fine
I'm fine"
And it's true and it's faking
[Chorus]
She's strong enough to be alone
Built a kingdom in her phone
Every contact
Every call
She's the net when someone falls
She breaks in the spaces no one sees
But she wears it like a crown of concrete
Yeah
She's shattered
She's a stone
Strong enough to be alone
[Verse 2]
Calendar full
But her bed feels wide
Knows their secrets
They don't know her middle name
Front row seats to everybody's lives
Leaves before the credits
Walks home in the rain
[Pre-Chorus]
Who holds her when the night gets loud?
Who hears her when she won't make a sound?
She don't ask
She don't reach out
Whispers to the ceiling
"I’m good now"
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Slow burn
Fast heart
Torn open
Played smart
She learned
Soft parts
Can live quiet
In the dark
[low vocal register] Maybe this is all she'll ever need
[voice rising
More intensity] Four walls
Warm tea
Her own set of keys
[crescendo] Lonely
Yeah
But it feels like peace
If this is all it is
She can live like this
[Chorus]

Minor-key alt-pop power ballad that starts intimate with sparse piano and distant pads, then explodes into a driving half-time beat with heavy drums and cinematic bass. Verses stay restrained, close-mic female vocals; chorus opens wide with stacked harmonies, distorted guitar swells, and big hits on downbeats. Final chorus double-time lift with aggressive drums and a soaring top-line, then cut back to a bare vocal outro., strong, slow