Wait Don’t Go

I swore my oath in the silence of many backseat nights

Stamped my star of fame where the concrete bleeds

Every single lie that I carry I’ve sharpened twice,

I kept them all hidden to pretend I can still be me.

I saw my face in the cracks of a shattered mirror

Every second of a stare was a dare I knew

Your skin tastes heavy, like the weight of the past

Not sweet like the childish prayers we outgrew

Wait, don’t go

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

Wait, don’t go

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

’Cause I heard that it can, after all

I built my bed in the deep, dark din of the lion’s den

Raised by the wolves, sheep’s clothing won’t make me them

Every scar is in a ledger I keep, to return again

And I rise with a curse on my name ’til the credit’s end.

Now that you’re here I can stand again

Now that you’re here I can break again

Now that you’re here I can scream again

Now that you’re here — God, I can see again!

I’ve walked on glass and nails just to prove I can stand tall.

You Bit my tongue till it split in fucking two

Every promise I meant to keep was a push to the fall

But I’d rather hit rock bottom harder than anyone you knew.

Wait, don’t go

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

Wait, don’t go

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

And I swear that it will, after all

If I crawl, let me crawl with the dirt in my teeth

If I fall, let me fall where the shadows don’t speak

If I bleed, let it stain every word that I write

If I fly — I’ll tear holes through the night

Wait, don’t go

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

Wait, don’t go

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

And I promise that it will, after all

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly

We’re gonna see if this bad boy can fly