[Verse 1] I count your smiles like they settle a debt Say what you want, then I say it again I make a bright joke before you can leave Watch for your eyes to say I can breathe [Pre-Chorus] If I can make you want me tonight Maybe the ache will get quiet awhile [Chorus] Love me, love me—say it like you mean it Hold me in your eyes till I believe it Everybody, give me one more sign I keep chasing your yes like it could make me mine [Verse 2] I change my whole story to fit your applause Turn every no into one more cause I’m tired of auditioning, still I begin Begging your faces to let me come in [Bridge] When the praise runs out, what do I keep? A pulse that is mine, a name I can speak [Final Chorus] Love me, love me—say it like you mean it I know your approval can’t heal what’s beneath it Everybody, I’m done asking why I can want to be loved and still stand on my side
