Crowded, Still Alone

Verse 1

I showed up late in borrowed confidence

Lip gloss, loud room, fake innocence

Bass hits hard but it don’t land

Just echoes in an empty chest again

I scan the room like I’m supposed to know

Where to stand, where the good nights go

Everyone’s laughing like it’s easy air

And I’m just trying not to disappear

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Pre-Chorus

I say “hey” to a face I know

We hug quick, then they let me go

“Text me later,” yeah, sure, okay

But I know how that fades

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Chorus

It’s a hundred bodies, I’m still alone

In a crowded room that won’t feel like home

Music’s loud but it don’t reach me

Everyone’s here but nobody sees me

I’m spinning in place, nowhere to land

Drink in my hand I don’t understand

Why I came just to feel this way

Like a ghost in the middle of a Friday

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Verse 2

Someone bumps me, spills their drink

Cold down my shirt, they barely blink

“Sorry, sorry,” then they’re gone again

Like everything here—just passing skin

Two girls laughing in bathroom light

Talking like they’ve been friends their whole life

I fix my hair like it might fix me

But mirrors don’t lie kindly

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Pre-Chorus

I try a smile with someone new

“What’s your name?” “Oh, nice to meet you”

Three more lines and the moment’s dead

And I’m alone again

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Chorus

It’s a hundred bodies, I’m still alone

In a crowded room that won’t feel like home

Music’s loud but it don’t reach me

Everyone’s here but nobody sees me

I’m spinning in place, nowhere to land

Drink in my hand I don’t understand

Why I came just to feel this way

Like a ghost in the middle of a Friday

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Bridge

I’m not drunk enough to blur the edge

Too aware of every step I tread

They’re falling over, I’m standing still

Like I missed the part where this feels real

What’s the point of getting dressed up nice

If I’m just background in my own life?

I thought maybe tonight would change

But it’s always the same

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Break (soft, stripped)

Keys in my hand, cold night air

Finally breathing somewhere out there

Streetlights hum like they understand

More than anyone in that room can

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Final Chorus (quieter, resigned)

It’s a hundred bodies, I’m still alone

Guess I already knew before I showed

Music fades but it still won’t leave me

That feeling nobody really sees me

I’m walking away, heels in my hand

Didn’t find what I thought I’d have

And I don’t know why I try again

When it always ends like this

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Outro

Next time I’ll stay in, I swear I will

But something in me always hopes it’s different still…