[Verse 1] She'd ask if I was settling in the same words every time a clipboard and a practiced calm and eyes that didn't rhyme She checked on all the foreign ones I told myself — just that but something in the way she looked made sure I looked right back [Pre-Chorus] Then I saw her at the edge of a room that didn't need her back against the wall enjoying it alone the way I do [Chorus] Greasy hair and silver hoops a jacket worn to ruin clothes that hide what clothes can hide but eyes that keep on moving rough around the edges, yeah but edges can be chosen a diamond and a studied hand and the need to not be broken the need to be seen [Verse 2] She asked me for a coffee somewhere off the campus grounds she'd read my file, she knew my name she'd been making rounds She asked me about the girl I thought nobody knew then she talked about her shields the way the worn ones do — Russian blood in Estonian skin the walls that didn't hold the last thing that she's looking for is someone left to hold [Pre-Chorus 2] Two people at the edges of the rooms they walk into finding that the wall is warmer with someone else against it too [Chorus] Greasy hair and silver hoops a jacket worn to ruin clothes that hide what clothes can hide but eyes that keep on moving rough around the edges, yeah but edges can be chosen a diamond and a studied hand and the need to not be broken the need to be seen [Bridge] She said — feeling seen like it was something rare I didn't say I'd been seen too before I knew she was there text me when you're free I'll text you when I am no more than that no less than that a thing without a name [Outro — Chorus, stripped back] Greasy hair and silver hoops a jacket worn to ruin a diamond and a studied hand and the need to be seen
