[Verse 1]
Used to talk myself down
Every mirror felt like trial and doubt
Kept a tally of every small mistake
Carried all of that weight
‘til my shoulders ached
[Pre-Chorus]
But I’m tired of the worst-case movie
Playing on repeat in my head
What if
For once
I change the ending
Flip the script instead
[Chorus]
What’s the best that can happen?
If I bet on me
If I let things in
If I open up my hands
To the love
To the luck
To the long-shot wins
What’s the best that can happen?
If I stop rewinding what I can’t fix now
I’ve been breaking just to grow
I’m not who I was before
I’m better somehow
[Verse 2]
I say “no” when I mean it now
Draw a line when they cross that bound
Talk kinder when I talk to me
Turn the voice that was cruel into company
[Pre-Chorus]
Every scar is a chapter finished
Every fear is just an unpaid debt
What if
For once
I cash the sunshine
Not the same old check
[Chorus]
What’s the best that can happen?
If I bet on me
If I let things in
If I open up my hands
To the love
To the luck
To the long-shot wins
What’s the best that can happen?
If I trust my heart when it says “step through”
I’ve been planting all this pain
Now I’m watching something new grow from the bruises too
[Bridge]
Maybe I fall
But I fall forward (forward)
Maybe I shake
But I still stand (still stand)
Every “too much” that they once labeled
Turns to power in my hands (oh)
[Chorus]
What’s the best that can happen?
If I bet on me
If I let things in
If I open up my hands
To the love
To the luck
To the long-shot wins
What’s the best that can happen?
If I wake up and I breathe that truth
I’m allowed to want it all
I’m allowed to see my life in brighter hues
[Outro]
What’s the best that can happen? (hey)
Guess I’m finally staying for the second act
I’m growing into who I am
And I’m never
Ever going back