[Verse 1]
They said pick a side
Paint me blue or pink
Nice and tidy
Fold me up to fit
In the little box they made beside me
[Pre-Chorus]
But I don’t breathe in straight lines
I don’t fit in those headlines
You say it’s simple
Black or white
So why’s my heart in color?
[Chorus]
A boy
A girl
Not in between
You keep writing rules on my skin
Who to love
Who I’m meant to be
Like my heart’s a form to fill in
You say choose
But that’s not me
I’m not your “he” or “she”
I just wanna be free
I just wanna be me
[Verse 2]
You use the right name
Only when it doesn’t make you nervous
You laugh it off
Say
“I’m just worried ‘bout you
I’m just learning”
[Pre-Chorus]
But every little side eye
Cuts a quiet fault line
You tell me how I should exist
Why are you so afraid of this?
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
If I don’t look like your mirror
Does that make me disappear?
If I don’t love like your story
Does that mean I’m wrong
Insincere?
[low vocal register]
I’m tired of begging just to breathe
[crescendo]
I was never broken
Just believed
[Chorus]