[Verse 1] The party's finally over, and I'm back in my room again. Shoes kicked off by the doorway, makeup still running down my face. I can still hear the music through the walls inside my head. Everyone went home to somebody, and I came home to this instead. My friends keep moving forward, people I love come and go. I smile when I'm supposed to, but nobody really knows. [Pre-Chorus] So I shut my bedroom door, turn my phone face-down. I don't want anybody asking why I'm crying now. [Chorus] 'Cause when the party ends, I don't know who I am. I take off the smile, and I can't put it back. I lie there in the darkness listening to my own thoughts, missing people who are gone and people who never noticed I was lost. So I'll wait for another party, another room full of lights, another song loud enough to make me feel alright. I'll dance like nothing's wrong, I'll laugh like I'm finally free— just give me another night where nobody asks what's underneath. [Verse 2] I hate how good I'm getting at saying, “Yeah, I'm fine.” I say it so automatically I almost believe the lie. There's a picture on my nightstand of people I don't see anymore. I still know every face in it, but somehow I don't know mine. And maybe that's the worst part— I'm surrounded when I'm out, but the second everybody leaves, I can hear myself again. [Bridge — nearly whispered] Don't turn the music off yet. Please. Just let it keep playing. I don't want to hear how quiet my room gets when everyone leaves. [Final Chorus — devastating] The party's finally over, and I'm back to being me. No lights, no people, no music— just everything I couldn't feel. I cry into my pillow so nobody hears a sound. I was surrounded all night, but I still couldn't find someone who would stay when the music died down. So tell me there's another party. Tell me the date, tell me the time. I'll put that same old smile back on, I'll tell everybody I'm fine. I'll dance until the room is spinning, I'll laugh until I almost believe— that I'm not the girl in the bathroom trying not to fall apart where nobody can see. [Outro — beat fading] When the music stops, I disappear. When the music starts, I'm almost here. So please… don't let the song end yet.
