Wide Open

[COLD OPEN] Yeah... This is what it feels like... [VERSE 1 — smooth, almost spoken, bouncy and light] Woke up this morning Different kind of day Something lifted overnight Don't know what to say Except everything feels Lighter than it did Like somebody opened every window In the place I live I been carrying something heavy For a little too long Put it down last Tuesday Now I'm writing this song And I don't know exactly What the future holds But right now right here I am on a roll (stop) And I like it [PRE-CHORUS — smooth starts climbing, voice begins to lift] I can feel it in my chest now Something rising up Like I finally found the ceiling And it isn't one Like the sky just Moved itsel-el-elf Out of my way-ay-ay And I'm going up Going up Going up Today-ay-ay [CHORUS — voice SOARS, effortless, extended words everywhere] I'm wide open-en-en Wide open-en Can't nobody hold me down-own-own I'm wide open-en-en Wide open-en Feet don't even touch the ground-ound-ound Free-ee-ee Like I never knew before-ore-ore Higher-er-er Than I've ever been before-ore Wide open-en-en And I'm never coming down-own Never-ever-ever Coming down-own-own [VERSE 2 — bouncy, more playful, confidence growing] Used to shrink myself To fit inside the room Used to dim the light So nobody would assume I was taking up Too much space too much air Now I walk in like I own everything in there (bounce gets infectious) And it's not about the ego It's about the truth That nobody was ever served By the smallest version of you So I turned it up Let it breathe let it go And now everywhere I look Everything is wide open-en Wide open [PRE-CHORUS] I can feel it in my chest now Something rising up Like I finally found the ceiling And it isn't one Like the sky just Moved itsel-el-elf Out of my way-ay-ay And I'm going up Going up Going up Today-ay-ay [CHORUS] I'm wide open-en-en Wide open-en Can't nobody hold me down-own-own I'm wide open-en-en Wide open-en Feet don't even touch the ground-ound-ound Free-ee-ee Like I never knew before-ore-ore Higher-er-er Than I've ever been before-ore Wide open-en-en And I'm never coming down-own Never-ever-ever Coming down-own-own [BRIDGE — playful, rhythmic, the bouncy peak before the final soar] They said I'd never make it this far-ar They said I'd never get this high-igh They said a lot of things-ings From down below-ow While I was learning how to fly-y-y And now I'm up here-ere And it's beautiful-ul-ul And everything they said-ed Sounds small-all-all From up here-ere-ere Real small-all (production builds toward explosion) Real small-all-all-all WIDE OPEN [FINAL CHORUS — biggest version, falsetto completely free] I'm wide open-en-en... Wide open-en... Can't nobody hold me down-own-own I'm wide open-en-en Wide open-en Feet don't even touch the ground-ound-ound Free-ee-ee Like I never knew before-ore-ore Higher-er-er Than I've ever been before-ore Wide open-en-en And I'm never coming down-own Never-ever-ever Ever-ever Coming Down [OUTRO — bouncy, joyful, can't stop smiling] Wide open... Ooh-ooh-ooh... Never coming down... Wide open...