[THRIVE] [INTRO] Ha… Haha… You know what’s funny? I got everything I wanted. I survived. Now what? [VERSE 1] I survived the spotlight I survived the knives I survived becoming content For other people’s lives I survived the comments The headlines and the shame The people who sold pieces of me Then forgot my name I survived the breakdowns I survived the fall Built myself from shattered glass And called it standing tall [PRE-CHORUS] Look at me Still breathing Look at me Still here [CHORUS] I DIDN’T COME THIS FAR JUST TO STAY ALIVE I DIDN’T BLEED THIS MUCH JUST TO SURVIVE I WANT MORE THAN ESCAPING MORE THAN GETTING BY I DON’T WANT TO SURVIVE I WANT TO THRIVE [VERSE 2] I learned how to endure That’s a useful skill Smile through the damage Keep climbing uphill Learned how to be untouchable Learned how to disappear Learned how to laugh at everything Except the things I fear Built a castle from my scars Called it strength Called it art Called it wisdom Called it proof Never asked what came after [CHORUS] I DIDN’T COME THIS FAR JUST TO STAY ALIVE I DIDN’T FIGHT THIS HARD JUST TO SURVIVE I WANT MORE THAN SHELTER MORE THAN ALIBIS I DON’T WANT TO SURVIVE I WANT TO THRIVE [BREAKDOWN] Ha! HAHAHAHA! Wait… Is that it? Is that the whole reward? Congratulations! You suffered! You endured! You survived! And now what? Now what?! [VERSE 3] Maybe I want stupid things Maybe that’s okay Maybe I want midnight drives And sleeping in all day Maybe I want bad tattoos And songs played way too loud Maybe I want to take up space Instead of hiding in the crowd Maybe I want to trust somebody Just enough to see If there’s more to being alive Than merely being me [BUILD] Maybe that’s terrifying Maybe that’s the point Maybe every beautiful thing Starts where certainty breaks [FINAL CHORUS] I DON’T WANT TO SURVIVE I WANT TO THRIVE I WANT TO LAUGH TOO LOUD STAY OUT TOO LATE MAKE BAD DECISIONS CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND TAKE UP SPACE I DON’T WANT TO SURVIVE I WANT A LIFE I WANT A FUTURE I WANT A CHANCE I WANT TO WAKE UP WONDERING WHAT HAPPENS NEXT [OUTRO] Survival got me here. Thriving gets me further. Ha… Good for her.
