Projection Room by I Am Rae

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
You took an hour to answer
I built a city from the smoke
Put your fingerprints on matches
You never even fucking struck

I can turn a little silence
Into sirens in the hall
Put a crack across the ceiling
Then convince myself it’ll fall

You said, “I’m tired, talk tomorrow”
My head heard something else instead
By midnight I had watched you leave me
Seventeen ways inside my head

[Pre-Chorus]
I know the camera’s mine
I know I wrote the scene
But God, it looks convincing
When the lighting’s this obscene

[Chorus]
Welcome to the projection room
Where nothing happened, but I’m wounded
I take a shadow, give it teeth
Then swear I saw it coming for me

I rehearse the goodbye
Before you change your mind
Turn something good into a crime scene
Just so I can say I called it

You haven’t left
You haven’t lied
You haven’t done a single thing tonight
But I’m already mourning you
In the projection room

[Verse 2]
I interrogate the punctuation
Measure every missing word
Put your kindness under microscopes
Until the picture starts to blur

If you get close, I search for exits
If you stay, I wonder why
If you tell me that you want me
I start looking for the lie

I keep emergency confetti
For the party going wrong
Keep a suitcase by the doorway
Of a house where I belong

[Pre-Chorus]
It’s such a strange defense
Destroy it while it’s mine
At least then I can tell myself
I chose the place it died

[Chorus]
Welcome to the projection room
Where nothing happened, but I’m wounded
I take a shadow, give it teeth
Then swear I saw it coming for me

I rehearse the goodbye
Before you change your mind
Turn something good into a crime scene
Just so I can say I called it

You haven’t left
You haven’t lied
You haven’t done a single thing tonight
But I’m already mourning you
In the projection room

[Bridge]
Maybe love doesn’t need a fire escape
Maybe quiet doesn’t mean something changed
Maybe I don’t have to check the locks
Every time somebody says they’ll stay

Maybe fear is just a screenwriter
With a taste for tragedy
And maybe every thought I have
Doesn’t get to be reality

So kill the lights
Stop the reel
Let me learn what’s false
And what is real

If something beautiful is coming
I don’t wanna scare it off
Trying to survive an ending
That never happened at all

[Final Chorus]
Close down the projection room
Nothing happened, I’m still breathing
Every shadow isn’t proof
Every silence has no secret meaning

I don’t need the goodbye
Before we’ve had the time
I don’t have to break the window
Just to prove the glass can crack

You haven’t left
So I’ll stay too
Let tomorrow tell me what tomorrow does
I’m done rehearsing losing you
In the projection room

No credits rolling
No final scene
Just something good
In front of me

And for once
I’ll let it be.

[Instrumental Outro]

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[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] You took an hour to answer I built a city from the smoke Put your fingerprints on matches You never even fucking struck I can turn a little silence Into sirens in the hall Put a crack across the ceiling Then convince myself it’ll fall You said, “I’m tired, talk tomorrow” My head heard something else instead By midnight I had watched you leave me Seventeen ways inside my head [Pre-Chorus] I know the camera’s mine I know I wrote the scene But God, it looks convincing When the lighting’s this obscene [Chorus] Welcome to the projection room Where nothing happened, but I’m wounded I take a shadow, give it teeth Then swear I saw it coming for me I rehearse the goodbye Before you change your mind Turn something good into a crime scene Just so I can say I called it You haven’t left You haven’t lied You haven’t done a single thing tonight But I’m already mourning you In the projection room [Verse 2] I interrogate the punctuation Measure every missing word Put your kindness under microscopes Until the picture starts to blur If you get close, I search for exits If you stay, I wonder why If you tell me that you want me I start looking for the lie I keep emergency confetti For the party going wrong Keep a suitcase by the doorway Of a house where I belong [Pre-Chorus] It’s such a strange defense Destroy it while it’s mine At least then I can tell myself I chose the place it died [Chorus] Welcome to the projection room Where nothing happened, but I’m wounded I take a shadow, give it teeth Then swear I saw it coming for me I rehearse the goodbye Before you change your mind Turn something good into a crime scene Just so I can say I called it You haven’t left You haven’t lied You haven’t done a single thing tonight But I’m already mourning you In the projection room [Bridge] Maybe love doesn’t need a fire escape Maybe quiet doesn’t mean something changed Maybe I don’t have to check the locks Every time somebody says they’ll stay Maybe fear is just a screenwriter With a taste for tragedy And maybe every thought I have Doesn’t get to be reality So kill the lights Stop the reel Let me learn what’s false And what is real If something beautiful is coming I don’t wanna scare it off Trying to survive an ending That never happened at all [Final Chorus] Close down the projection room Nothing happened, I’m still breathing Every shadow isn’t proof Every silence has no secret meaning I don’t need the goodbye Before we’ve had the time I don’t have to break the window Just to prove the glass can crack You haven’t left So I’ll stay too Let tomorrow tell me what tomorrow does I’m done rehearsing losing you In the projection room No credits rolling No final scene Just something good In front of me And for once I’ll let it be. [Instrumental Outro]

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