[Male Lead] [Intro] [Filtered vocal, sparse percussion] No pressure Just everybody watching Everybody waiting Everybody counting on me Yeah No pressure [Verse 1] They like me better when I make it look easy Blood on the cuff, but the smile stays clean Walk in late with a joke for the room Nobody asks what happened in between I got names in my phone I don’t recognize Faces that swear that I used to know Funny how somebody can miss who you were While you’re standing right there saying hello So I learned how to nod on cue Learned where the punchline goes If I can keep everybody laughing Nobody checks what the silence knows They say, “You always figure it out” Like that’s supposed to calm my head That’s a pretty way of saying “We’ll panic after you’re dead” [Pre-Chorus] No pressure Just don’t miss No pressure They need this No pressure One mistake And everybody suddenly remembers your name [Chorus] No pressure No pressure Put the whole damn ceiling on my shoulders I’ll hold it Don’t worry I’ve been getting good at looking normal No pressure Keep talking Tell me how you knew that I could take it I’m smiling You’re welcome Just don’t ask me what it’s costing No pressure [Post-Chorus] Nah None at all [Verse 2] I’ve been everybody’s emergency exit Green sign glowing above my head Kick the door when the hallway fills Then ask me why I smell like smoke instead You want steady? I can manufacture steady Voice level, hands still, heart off-beat I can make a crisis look photogenic Long enough to get everybody to safety Then comes the part nobody claps for When the room empties out at last When adrenaline quits paying rent And every second sends the invoice back I got holes where the past should live So I decorate around the space Call it character, call it growth Anything but what it takes [Pre-Chorus] No pressure Just don’t crack No pressure They need you intact No pressure Hold the line You can fall apart when nobody has the time [Chorus] No pressure No pressure Put the whole damn ceiling on my shoulders I’ll hold it Don’t worry I’ve been getting good at looking normal No pressure Keep talking Tell me how you knew that I could take it I’m smiling You’re welcome Just don’t ask me what it’s costing No pressure [Breakdown] [Half-time drums, distorted guitar, vocal increasingly tense] Keep your hands steady Keep your voice low Keep your head clear Don’t let it show Make the call Take the hit Make the joke Handle it Wrong answer? Fix it Bad news? Spin it Lose something? Grin Lose someone? ... [Brief silence] Next question. [Bridge] I wonder who I’d be If nobody needed anything Would I still walk toward the fire If nobody knew my name? Would I know what I wanted Without somebody else to save? Don’t answer that I’ve got somewhere I need to be [Final Chorus] No pressure No pressure Put another ceiling on my shoulders I’ll hold it I always do Isn’t that the version that you ordered? No pressure Keep watching Tell yourself I’m built to take it I’m smiling Look closer That’s not the same as being painless No pressure No pressure Everybody breathe I’ve got it [Outro] [Instrumentation drops to near silence] ... You can stop saying “No pressure” I heard you the first time
