[Verse 1] I keep building rooms I never had Filling each one with a different me A boy who never got to feel this glad Finally gets his radio, gets his key [Verse 2] Sixteen again in someone else's chorus Borrowing a voice to say what's true Every song's a door nobody opened for us Now I open seven, just for you [Chorus] Call it vanity, call it a cure I built a house of songs and I feel sure For the first time, standing in my own light Not the man they made me — just the boy who writes Seven rooms, and every one is me Finally becoming who I always meant to be [Verse 3] The static, the moons, the light left on The glass, the doubt, the kinder side I chose Every version I thought I'd left back home Turns out was just waiting to be composed [Chorus] Call it vanity, call it a cure I built a house of songs and I feel sure For the first time, standing in my own light Not the man they made me — just the boy who writes Seven rooms, and every one is me Finally becoming who I always meant to be [Bridge] Maybe it's strange, a grown man singing About the kid he used to hide But some doors only open when you're bringing Every self you've ever had inside So play it loud, the way we used to dream it Some cassette, some borrowed radio I finally wrote the album no one gave me The one that says: I made it. Look — I grew [Final Chorus] Call it vanity, call it a cure I built a house of songs and I'm still sure For the first time, standing in my own light Not the man they made me — just the boy who writes Seven rooms, and every one is true This isn't nostalgia — it's finally coming through
