[Verse 1]
Hand-me-down hoodie
Sleeves chewed at the ends
Parents shouting in the hallway
So I learned to play pretend
Met you by the bleachers
Sharpie on your hands
You said
"Sit here if you're lonely"
Like it was part of some grand plan
[Pre-Chorus]
We were just kids with secrets
Passing notes like medicine
Shaking hands
Cracked phone screens
But something soft was settling in
[Chorus]
We were made for more than scars
More than all the nights we hid in cars
Holding up our phones like little stars
Screaming
"We are
We are
We are"
We were never broken things
We are bruised and built for better wings
Holding onto us through every swing
Feel the dark pull back when our hearts sing
[Verse 2]
Friday in the bathroom
Mascara on your wrist
You said
"He said that I'm too much"
I said
"He doesn't get to list
All the names you call yourself
When the mirror turns to glass"
We rewrote them on the tiles
Let the old ones fade to past
[Pre-Chorus]
Every crack in our reflection
Became maps for getting out
You drew halos on our shadows
Said
"We're more than every doubt"
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
You held my shaking hands
When I said his name out loud
You said
"What they tried to bury
We will pull up from the ground"
[whispered vocals]
We are not what they have done
We are not what we survived
[full voice
Gang vocals]
We are every hand that reached
Every time we stayed alive
[Chorus]