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Quiet Boy Set the House on fire...

[Verse 1] Always said please, always said thank you Held the door open while they walked right past me Soft voice in the group chat, never raised it Back-burnered like last nightโ€™s cold coffee Smile on my face while they forgot my name Polite little ghost in the corner of the frame [Chorus] Well maybe they gonโ€™ hear me now While I burn it all down Light the match on every soft word I ever swallowed Watch the flames eat the me that wasnโ€™t good enough for you I walk away through the smoke Ainโ€™t no more โ€œsorry,โ€ ainโ€™t no more โ€œitโ€™s coolโ€ This quiet boy just set the whole house on fire [Verse 2] Held my tongue so long it turned to ash in my mouth Every โ€œno worriesโ€ was another log on the pyre You left me on read like the weather left the sun Pacific rain canโ€™t put out whatโ€™s already done I was the good one, the patient one, the one who waited Now the fuse is short and the gasolineโ€™s waiting [Bridge] No more soft landings No more second chances Iโ€™m the one who stayed quiet Now Iโ€™m the one who dances In the glow of everything I used to protect Watch it crackle, watch it blacken, watch it wreck [Final Chorus] Maybe they gonโ€™ hear me now While I burn it all down Let the flames consume the version that begged to be seen I walk away clean Through the smoke of the me that wasnโ€™t good enough Seattle skyโ€™s still gray but my chest is on fire And I donโ€™t need your ear no more I just need the lighter