What's The Best That Can Happen

[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

pop, Shiny midtempo pop with warm synth pads, steady kick and crisp snaps. Verses sit tight around a plucky guitar riff; pre-chorus adds rising toms and airy pads. Chorus explodes with stacked gang vocals on the hook, bright piano chords, and sidechained bass. Brief bridge strips to vocal and pads, then final chorus hits bigger with extra harmonies and ad-lib runs, female vocals.