Made an inline translation for Russian phrases, hopefully it will be easy to read along😉 [Intro] It's quiet in here, just the PC's hum I rehearse being fine for an audience that's gone And somehow still get it wrong... [Verse 1] I learned to watch your face before I learned to walk Read the weather in your jaw, learned when not to talk Brought home the second-best and watched your shoulders fall "Не позорь меня/Don't embarrass me", still hanging in the hall I filed down all my edges so I'd fit the shape you made You don't remember saying it... I never looked away [Pre-Chorus] And here it comes again, the same line in my head "Большего от тебя не ждала/Never expected more from you", is what you said The bar was on the ground and I still tripped... So here's the part where I admit: [Chorus] You set the bar so low that anyone could pass I dug a hole beneath it, made my failure out of glass I practiced "I'm alright" until it almost sounded true Then shattered every word the second I looked at you So save your breath... I know the line, I'll say it too: "I expected nothing"... yeah, I still failed you [Verse 2] You said "You're enough for me, I never asked for more" I heard her in your kindness and I bolted for the door "You didn't fail at anything," you told me, soft and true So I made up a standard just to fail in front of you I'd rather drown in rules that no one ever wrote Than let a "you're okay" get close enough to quote [Pre-Chorus] And here it comes again, the line I can't unsay Nobody's even watching, but I rehearse it anyway The bar was on the ground and I still tripped... So here's the part where I admit: [Chorus] You set the bar so low that anyone could pass I dug a hole beneath it, made my failure out of glass I practiced "I'm alright" until it almost sounded true Then shattered every word the second I looked at you So save your breath... I know the line, I'll say it too: "I expected nothing"... yeah, I still failed you [Bridge] I used to know whose voice it was, I swear that I once could Now you and her and all of them just sound the same for good There's no one in the doorway, no one left to please It's only me, and the me I never let myself be And she is louder than all of you combined... She wears your faces... but she's... well... she's me [Chorus] You set the bar so low that anyone could pass I dug a hole beneath it, made my failure out of glass I practiced "I'm alright" until it almost sounded true Then shattered every word the second I looked at you So save your breath... I know the line, I'll say it too: "I expected nothing"... I STILL FAILED YOU [Outro] It's 4 a.m., the tea's cold, my PC still hums I scroll until the screen just blurs and nothing comes And in the quietest, softest way that giving up can sound... "Да уж, а я понадеялась/Yeah... and I had my hopes up"... Still here... still around... Да... Я всё-таки... тебя подвела.../Yeah... I did... Fail you...
