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Rearview (Front Row)

Verse 1 I am so tired of saying stop, Like somehow the hundredth time Will finally sound different than the first. I'm tired of watching old ghosts Keep knocking on a door That doesn't belong to them anymore. You said you found your future. You said you found your peace. So why are your shadows Still wandering through my streets? Pre-Chorus If you're headed home, Why are you staring through the rearview? If you're finally free, Why are you still reaching for what you let go? Chorus Go. Just go. Take the road you chose. Take the life you wanted. Take the promises you made. I gave my blessing then. I give it now. Go build your happiness. But leave my name out of the story You're still trying to write. Leave me out of the war I never agreed to fight. Verse 2 Call me every name you've got. Throw another stone. Tell another story About the villain you've outgrown. You keep hoping if you say it loud enough The truth will finally bend. But the thing about the truth is It doesn't break for pretend. You think I'm still that girl Standing by herself, Afraid to speak, Afraid to leave, Afraid to choose herself. Pre-Chorus But I'm not that person anymore. Not the one you remember. Not the one who stayed quiet To keep everyone else comfortable. Chorus I'm not the lone girl anymore. There were witnesses. There were eyes. There were people sitting front row Watching every disguise. You can rewrite your memories. You can polish every lie. But the truth was spoken out loud And they were there the night it arrived. So go. Be happy. Mean it this time. Put your eyes on the horizon Instead of my window. Put your hands in the life you chose Instead of reaching for mine. Verse 3 I'm done apologizing For saying enough. Done accepting bruises Just to keep somebody comfortable. You call it rebellion. I call it survival. You call it betrayal. I call it finally choosing life. Meanwhile I'm over here Building a future from the pieces, Learning what peace sounds like When it isn't interrupted. Bridge I'm not angry because you left. I'm angry because you won't. You keep opening doors You've already walked through. Keep circling places You swore you were done with. The hardest thing for you to understand Isn't that I stood up. It's that I stopped agreeing To carry what was never mine. And truth doesn't need defending When it already has witnesses. Final Chorus Go. Be happy. Take the life you chose And live it fully. The rearview wasn't meant To become a destination. I'm not the lone girl anymore. And that's what changes everything. Because truth doesn't need defending When people watched it unfold. And peace doesn't need permission From the people who tried to take it away. So call me what you want. I know who I am. The door is closed. The lanterns burn. The stars still shine. And I'm done Being the road You keep driving back to. Outro No more explanations. No more debates. No more carrying ghosts. Just the future. Just the horizon. And the quiet certainty Of someone who finally chose themselves.