Watch Me Shine Louder

Verse

Boxes taped at the door of a life I outgrew

Porch light flickers gold on the last thing of you

Your hoodie's still hanging on the back of the chair

I fold it soft, then I let it breathe in the air

Six years of coffee rings on this kitchen floor

I'm packing quiet, but my chest wants to roar

Pre-Chorus

So is this the ending or the start of the spark

Do I walk out crying or lit up in the dark

Tell me can a goodbye

Turn into a headlight

Chorus

Watch me shine louder than the door when it shuts

Watch me shine louder, no more tiptoe, no hush

Every tear on my cheek turns to gasoline rush

Watch me shine, watch me shine louder

Verse

New apartment, one lamp, and a suitcase of dreams

Neon spelling my name down the wet city street

I stand at the window where the traffic lights bleed

Not scared of the silence, it's the room that I need

I used to shrink so the both of us fit

Now I'm taking up space and I'm owning all of it

Pre-Chorus

So is this the ending or the start of the spark

Do I walk out crying or lit up in the dark

Tell me can a goodbye

Turn into a headlight

Chorus

Watch me shine louder than the door when it shuts

Watch me shine louder, no more tiptoe, no hush

Every tear on my cheek turns to gasoline rush

Watch me shine, watch me shine louder

Bridge

Maybe love was the match

And the ending's the flame

I'm not who you left

I'm the fire with a name

Every scar on my hands

Is a light I can use

So thank you for the dark

That taught me how to choose

Chorus

Watch me shine louder than the door when it shuts

Watch me shine louder, no more tiptoe, no hush

Every tear on my cheek turns to gasoline rush

Watch me shine, watch me shine, watch me shine louder