[singer A] Look at me I need it Look at me Look at me I need it I learned to glow before I learned to rest Turned every room into another test Every eye became a mirror Every cheer pulled me nearer I said I wanted silence but I kept feeding the noise Built a life from echoes then forgot my own voice I know the shine I know the cost I know how much of me gets lost Still when the room begins to breathe I need it looking back at me [singer B] Leave your coat on the chair There's nowhere you have to be The lift comes down to street level Glitter caught inside your sleeve You start to give me the good version Then stop and let the sentence breathe For once the evening asks you nothing And you don't have to improvise Come as you are when the night comes down Let the paint wear off, let the pulse slow down You don't have to turn your hurt to gold To have a hand you can choose to hold Offstage, offstage You can take up space Even on the days You have nothing to prove [singer A] I’m addicted to being seen To the flash, to the heat, to the in-between To the moment every shadow turns and looks my way I’m addicted to being seen Even when it strips the quiet out of me I keep reaching for the light that takes a little more away Look at me Look at me I hate how much I need it Look at me Look at me I swear I’m done then feed it [singer B] I've rehearsed a better answer Just to make a stranger stay I've made a joke of something heavy So nobody would walk away If tomorrow brings the craving And you pick the phone up again It won't undo this ordinary evening Or the way you let me in Come as you are when the night comes down Let the paint wear off, let the pulse slow down You don't have to turn your hurt to gold To have a hand you can choose to hold Offstage, offstage You can take up space Even on the days You have nothing to prove [singer B] Maybe I don’t want the fame Maybe I just fear the quiet after my name Maybe applause was never love Just thunder I mistook for enough And when the lights go cold who am I without the glow? [singer A] I’m addicted to being seen To the proof that I was somewhere in the scene To the eyes that make me feel like I exist for one more night I’m addicted to being seen But the brightest rooms keep taking parts of me And I don’t know if I want to disappear or finally step outside the light [singer B] Leave your coat on the chair Or take it when you're ready You belong to yourself Either way
