Upside Down Heart

Posters on my wall

Blinking Christmas code across the hall

Bike tires hit the gravel

Late-night air

We’re kids with walkie-talkies

Acting like we’re not scared

But when the static cuts the night in half

And every shadow starts to feel like a trap

You grab my hand

Say “don’t let go”

I say “I won’t

I won’t”

You turn my world upside down

Like Hawkins turned inside out

Strange little love in a small

Quiet town

We’re running from monsters and rumors and doubt

If the sky cracks open and the power goes out

I’ll meet you there

In the upside down

Upside down heart

But it’s beating for you now

Arcade high scores

You beat me every time

Still I want more

You laugh and say my name into the dark

Like turning on a light in a haunted park

When all the grown-ups talk in hushed code words

And every locked door hums with something unheard

We sneak past fear in stolen shoes

Like we got nothing

Nothing to lose

Maybe we’re the secret

Maybe we’re the gate

Maybe every crack in us

Is how the magic escapes

If the world gets weird

If we both fall through

[low vocal register] I’ll trace the walls

‘till I find you