[Intro - single synth note, clean, bare] [Verse 1 - observational, restrained, watching] She doesn't warm up she just starts Walks to the microphone like she built it She didn't build it I built it But the way she stands there you'd never know I watch from wings stage left Where the light doesn't reach I used to live where nobody looks [Pre-Chorus - sharper, edges showing] The room leans in holds its breath Rearranges itself around her throat She doesn't move doesn't need to [Chorus - minimal, aching, voice and synth] Matinée she's the earlier show Found it first wore it easy Like a coat that was always hers She makes a room forget it was anyone else's I've never been enough without the lights [Verse 2 - specific, knife turning slowly] After the set someone described her Full sentence no pause no searching She's the one who and the whole sentence finished I heard it from the bar counting bottles I have been in rooms for a decade No one has ever described me Without saying loud first She doesn't need an adjective she's a noun [Pre-Chorus - cracking, intellectual failing] This isn't envy that would be simple If she can fill a room with nothing What am I filling it with [Chorus - surrendering, quieter, less sure] Matinée she walked in whole Nothing borrowed nothing built I built one instead piece by piece And it works it works it works Doesn't it [Bridge - barely there, domestic, smallest moment] She used my mug the green one didn't ask Sat on my amp hummed something I've been earning rooms my whole life [Final Chorus - resigned, almost giving up] She'll leave in two weeks And I'll still be here with all my lights That's not a victory that's just what I do She found it faster some of us just find it faster And some of us build it and call it a life [Outro - single synth note returns, holds, fades]
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