slow dance with disaster

Verse 1

I’ve been stapling smiles to my tired face

Writing apologies I’ll never say

My phone lights up like it’s saving my life

But it’s just ghosts from another Friday night

We swore we’d make it out of this town alive

Now we’re just surviving, killing time

I learned how to laugh at my own expense

Call it confidence, call it defense

Pre-Chorus

I’m a punchline with a heartbeat

A soundtrack for a sinking ship

If this is growing up

Then I’m still learning how to live

Chorus

So here’s a toast to the kids who don’t feel right

We’re wide awake in the middle of the night

If hope’s a match, then we strike it anyway

Even if it burns us just to feel okay

We’re singing like tomorrow owes us something

Screaming like we still believe

If this is all we get, then let it hurt

At least we’ll know we lived between the verses

Verse 2

I keep my dreams in a secondhand jacket

Smells like smoke and bad habits

Every exit sign looks like a lie

But I keep driving just to prove them right

You said “forever” like it was a joke

I laughed it off, but I still choke

On every word I didn’t say

They’re lining up like debts I’ll pay

Pre-Chorus

I’m a voicemail you won’t answer

A slow dance with disaster

If this is rock bottom

Then I’ve been here way before

Chorus

So here’s a toast to the kids who don’t feel right

We’re wide awake in the middle of the night

If hope’s a match, then we strike it anyway

Even if it burns us just to feel okay

We’re singing like tomorrow owes us something

Screaming like we still believe

If this is all we get, then let it hurt

At least we’ll know we lived between the verses

Bridge (half-time, emotional lift)

Maybe I’m scared of getting better

Maybe I’m scared of staying the same

But I’d rather break trying to matter

Than fade out quiet and safe

So if you’re listening, don’t let go

We’re more than the wreckage we know

Final Chorus (bigger, hopeful)

So here’s a toast to the kids still fighting

Turning setbacks into sirens

If hope’s a match, then we strike it anyway

We’ll light the dark, we’ll find our way

We’re singing like tomorrow owes us something

Screaming like we still believe

If this is all we get, then let it hurt

We’re still alive between the verses

Outro

Postcards from a burning bedroom

Say we made it out somehow

If this is the end of the chapter

We’ll write the rest right now