All My Lives

[Verse] I changed schools, changed rooms, changed the words inside my mouth Packed a whole life in a backpack, learned to smile and figure out Which part of me was welcome, which part stayed behind I got good at reading rooms before I got good at being fine I sang through borrowed speakers, wrote my name on little screens Had a temple key, a camera, and impossible dreams Some years went underwater, some nights lost their sound But I kept a little melody until it came back around [Pre Chorus] Now I don’t need a smaller story Just to make it easy on you I walked out of every version With a little more truth [Chorus] I bring all my lives with me The kid, the singer, the one who survived The boy with too much memory The man who made it out alive Call me too much, call me right on time I’m not choosing one tonight I bring all my lives with me All my lives, all my lives [Verse] I had wrong names on papers, right names on signs Had to lose a few years just to know which ones were mine I learned faith in a stairwell, learned love in a car Learned some people hold you close but won’t tell you what you are I made websites, made songs, made peace with being seen Turned a messy little timeline into something clean And if I’m laughing too loud after all that I’ve been through Maybe joy is just my body finally telling me the truth [Pre Chorus] Now I don’t need a perfect ending I just need the lights turned on Every part I tried to bury Found the beat and came along [Chorus] I bring all my lives with me The kid, the singer, the one who survived The boy with too much memory The man who made it out alive Call me too much, call me right on time I’m not choosing one tonight I bring all my lives with me All my lives, all my lives [Bridge] I was never just a phase Never just a bad year Never just a face In a cracked-up mirror I was learning how to stay I was learning how to leave I was learning every name That still belongs to me All my lives All my lives They were never gone They were waiting for the song [Chorus] I bring all my lives with me The kid, the singer, the one who survived The boy with too much memory The man who made it out alive Call me too much, call me right on time I’m not choosing one tonight I bring all my lives with me All my lives, all my lives I bring all my lives with me All my lives, all my lives