[Verse 1]
Red crayons on the drywall
Grass stains on my knees
Fireflies in a jar
Thought the world was easy
Birthday cake on paper plates
Cartoons way past late
You said you'd always stay
Guess always came too early
[Chorus]
I went from playground scars
To a cracked wide heart
Crying in a car in an empty parking lot
Healing in the dark
Till I saw one spark
Now I'm holding out my hands for a brand new start
From childhood memories
To heartbreak
Healing
To new love
New hopes
A different kind of feeling
[Verse 2]
I learned how to sit in silence
Curtains closed all day
Talking to the ceiling
Let the hurt have its say
One cup
One chair
One shadow
Thought that was my fate
Then you laughed at something small
And my ribs made space
[Chorus]
I went from playground scars
To a cracked wide heart
Crying in a car in an empty parking lot
Healing in the dark
Till I saw one spark
Now I'm holding out my hands for a brand new start
From childhood memories
To heartbreak
Healing
To new love
New hopes
A different kind of feeling
[Bridge]
You trace the lines I used to hide
Old names carved in my spine (mm, yeah)
Say
"Every page that led you here
Is part of what is mine" (what is mine)
[Chorus]
I went from playground scars
To a cracked wide heart
Crying in a car in an empty parking lot
Healing in the dark
Till I saw your spark
Now we're drawing little futures on a midnight chart
From childhood memories
Through heartbreak
Healing
To new love
New hopes
A brighter kind of feeling