I Shine When You Look Away

[Verse] You look at me like I’m a picture you think you’ve already drawn like every move I make is simple like nothing deeper’s going on I catch your eyes in every corner like light that doesn’t let me breathe you see a version you created but never what is underneath [Pre-Chorus] and I can feel it shifting slowly every time you call my name like I exist a little different inside your frame [Chorus] I shine when you look away when your attention fades to grey I shine when you don’t define the way you think I’m supposed to stay I shine when you look away that’s when I finally feel real not what you want me to be but what I actually feel I shine when you look away I shine when you look away I shine when you look away that’s where I stay [Verse] you talk like you already know me like I’m a story you can read but every word you put around me is not the language that I need I move through rooms you never notice but still you think you’ve got control as if your eyes could ever hold me or take the shape of my soul [Pre-Chorus] and I can feel it start to loosen every time you pull me in like I was never made to function under your skin [Chorus] I shine when you look away when I am myself and not your portrait I shine when I break the line you tried to draw around my name I shine when you look away no mirror holding me in place I’m not the version you decide I’m something you can’t trace I shine when you look away I shine when you look away I shine when you look away and I don’t stay [Bridge] maybe it’s not about escaping maybe it’s just about being seen without your hands around the meaning of what I’ve always been I don’t dissolve in your reflection I don’t exist to fit your frame I’m not a shadow of perception I’m not a name [Final Chorus] I shine when you look away when nothing pulls me into shape I shine when I finally break from everything you try to say I shine when you look away and I don’t need you to agree I’m not what you define I’m what I choose to be [Outro] I shine… not where you are… but where you aren’t… I shine… and it’s mine… I shine when you look away… I shine when you look away… I shine when you look away… and I stay this way ...