Not Your Dirty Dancer

Verse 1 

Mirror cracked in a rented room
Same four walls, same worn-out view
Clock ticks loud like it’s mocking me
“Is this all that you’re gonna be?”

Counting tips just to make it through
Living small when I’m meant for more
But I close my eyes and I still see lights
On a stage I’ve been dreaming for

Pre-Chorus

I’m not done, not even close
There’s a fire they don’t know

Chorus 

I’m more than the stage, more than the night
More than the hands reaching into my light
You can push me down, but I won’t break
I’m finding my way with every mistake

I’m not what you see when the curtain falls
I’m still standing tall through it all
Yeah I bend, but I won’t break
I was born to be more than the stage

Verse 2 

Bruised pride, but I wear it gold
Every scar is a story told
Tried to take what I wouldn’t give
Still I rise, still I live

Voices loud saying “know your place”
But I never fit in their lines
Had to lose everything I had
Just to finally claim what’s mine

Pre-Chorus

You can strike, I’ll still ignite
I don’t run, I fight

Chorus (Stronger, Bigger)

I’m more than the stage, more than the night
More than the pain that I had to survive
You can knock me down, I’ll elevate
Turn every loss into something great

I’m not what you see when the curtain falls
I’m rewriting all of the rules they wrote
Yeah I break, but I remake
I was born to be more than the stage

Bridge 

You saw me when I had nothing left
No spotlight, no silhouette
Didn’t try to fix my soul
Just sat with me in the unknown

And for the first time, I didn’t run
Didn’t feel like I had to become
Anything more than who I am
And somehow… that was enough

Verse 3 

Sunlight pouring through open space
Barefoot on a brand new stage
Little girls with their hair pulled tight
Looking up with those same bright eyes

Music plays and my heart expands
This was always the bigger plan
Every fall led me right here
Now I’m finally standing where I said

Final Chorus 

I’m more than the stage, I own the light
More than the dark that I had to fight
Every step brought me back to me
Now I’m everything I dreamed I’d be

I’m not who I was when the curtain closed
I built this life from broken roads
Now I shine, unafraid
I was always more than the stage

Outro 

No more dancing just to survive
Now I move ‘cause I feel alive
Every dream I was chasing then
Was leading me home again

Female Alternative Rock with Piano, Emotional, Gritty Vocals, Cinematic Build, Dark Pop Rock, Cinematic Rock Ballad