[Intro] Yeah ye ye ye ye yeah Yea yea yea yeah ea e-e ea ea ea eeaahh ahh ahh ahh e-eahh [Verse 1] Used to trace her dreams in margins Tiny in the corner of the page (ea e-e ea ea ea eeaahh) Everybody talking like they knew her (ahh ahh ahh e-eahh) Like they’d picked the ending of her play (play) She she was up late, blue screen on her cheekbones Staring down a version she outgrew (ea e-e ea ea ea eeaahh) Every “you should” echoed in the hallway Til it snapped and bent into “I choose” [Pre-Chorus] She burned every “maybe someday” Turned her doubts into runway In the mirror, new handwriting On the glass, she’s rewriting (ea ea ea ea eeaahh) [Chorus] She became what she wanted ’cause she had to Pressure turned her soft heart into tattoo Every scar a line in her debut (uh-oh) she had to, so she had to She became what she wanted ’cause she had to E-Every “can’t” became a step she ran through Now her name’s the storm on the menu (yeah) she had to, so so so she had to [Verse 2] The-They said, “Be small, be safe, be careful” She said, “Watch me take up all this space” High-High heels on the tiles like a countdown Every click a crack in their cage In-Inbox full of plans she never wanted So she hit delete and hit send To herself: “I’ll break, I’ll bend, I’ll bloom But I won’t pretend again” [Pre-Chorus] She burned every “maybe someday” Turned her doubts into runway In the mirror, new handwriting On the glass, she’s rewriting [Chorus] She became what she wanted ’cause she had to Pressure turned her soft heart into tattoo E-e-Every scar a line in her debut (uh-oh) she had to, so so so she had to She became what she wanted ’cause she had to E-e-Every “can’t” became a step she ran through Now her name’s the storm on the menu (yeah) she had to, so so so she had to [Bridge] This is for the girl in the back row Lip-syncing a life she never picked Now-now-Now she’s center frame in her own glow E-e-Every heartbeat hitting like a kick kick ki ki ki kick She didn’t wait for their permission She made gravity her engine Had to rise, had to break through Had to lose herself to find truth [Chorus] She became what she wanted ’cause she had to Pressure turned her soft heart into tattoo E-e-e Every scar a line in her debut (uh-oh) she had to, so so so she had to She became what she wanted ’cause she had to Every “can’t” became a step she ran through Now her name’s the storm on the menu (yeah) she had to, so so so she had to (had to, had to, had to, had to)