[Verse 1]
Keys in my fist
Backpack on my chest
Count every doorway
Plan every exit
Cross at the corner
Heart doing cartwheels
Checking each shadow
Like it’s all too real
[Chorus]
I’m shaking on the sidewalk
Breathing like I ran a mile
Every stranger looks like danger
Every glance feels like a trial
I know it’s in my head but
It’s heavy in my hands and feet
I’m tired of walking through a war zone
Every time I’m on the street
[Verse 2]
Phone in my palm
Fake talking to “someone”
So nobody wonders
Why I look so undone
Street sounds too loud
Thoughts even louder
Sidewalks keep spinning
I’m getting smaller
[Chorus]
I’m shaking on the sidewalk
Breathing like I ran a mile
Every stranger looks like danger
Every glance feels like a trial
I know it’s in my head but
It’s heavy in my hands and feet
I’m tired of walking through a war zone
Every time I’m on the street
[Bridge]
Tell me it’s okay to turn back
Tell me it’s okay to cry
I’m doing my best just to be here
Not every step has to be brave all the time (oh no)
[Chorus]
I’m shaking on the sidewalk
Breathing like I ran a mile
If you see me pulling at my sleeves
I’m just trying to survive
I know it’s in my head but
It feels like it could knock me off my feet
So if I make it home today
That’s a quiet kind of victory