[Verse 1] You set your alarm for a quarter to eight, Though lately you’ve struggled to stay wide awake. You fold up your clothes with the cuffs tucked inside, Still keeping that shirt for a better time. You laugh when you’re nervous, then look at the floor, Like you’ve learned not to ask for a little bit more. You tell everybody you’ve figured things out, Then lie there rehearsing the things that you doubt. [Pre-Chorus 1] You learned not to count on the things you can’t see, Or trust that tomorrow will bring you relief. But somewhere beneath all the doubt that you hide, There’s still something reaching for reasons to try. [Chorus] You still set the alarm like you’ve somewhere to be, Like tomorrow might hold what today couldn’t keep. You lay out your clothes, though you barely can sleep, Still making appointments with dreams you can’t reach. You’ve learned how to live without asking for much, How to want something badly and call it enough. But the truth that you bury, the one you can’t say, Is you still hope for a life where you can peacefully stay. [Verse 2] You know how to smile when you’re coming apart, How to soften your voice with a terrified heart. You remember the birthdays, the things people need, But forget what it feels like to want something freely. You still keep your favorite old sweater upstairs, From a time when you thought life would answer your prayers. You put it on sometimes when nobody’s around, Just to feel like the person you were before now. [Pre-Chorus 2] You wonder how long you can live in between, The life that you have and the one that you dream. You haven’t stopped hurting, you haven’t found peace, But something in you still refuses to leave. [Chorus] You still set the alarm like you’ve somewhere to be, Like tomorrow might hold what today couldn’t keep. You lay out your clothes, though you barely can sleep, Still making appointments with dreams you can’t reach. You’ve learned how to live without asking for much, How to want something badly and call it enough. But the truth that you bury, the one you can’t say, Is you still hope for a life where you can peacefully stay. [Bridge] You don’t need a life that the whole world admires, Just a morning that doesn’t demand all your fire. A day where your laughter comes easy and free, Where you don’t have to earn every moment of peace. You’d give up the dream of becoming someone new, If the person you are could be happy as you. And maybe that’s harder than anyone knows, To want to be here when being here hurts you so. [Final Chorus] You still set the alarm like you’ve somewhere to be, Like tomorrow might hold what today couldn’t keep. You lay out your clothes, though you barely can sleep, Still making appointments with dreams you can’t reach. You’ve learned how to live without asking for much, How to want something badly and call it enough. But the truth that you bury, the one you can’t say, Is you still hope for a life where you can peacefully stay.
