THE WAY OUT

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TRACK 1: GETAWAY CAR

[VERSE 1]
I keep my engine running in case I need to leave
Got a go-bag by the door since I was seventeen
You're looking at me like you want to settle down
But honey, I've been practicing my disappearing sound

[PRE-CHORUS]
I know it's not fair
Asking you to love someone who's never really there
But if you want me, baby, this is what you get

[CHORUS]
Be my getaway (getaway)
Be my getaway (getaway)
I don't care where we end up, don't let me drive alone
Be my getaway (getaway)
Be my getaway (getaway)
Running so long I forgot the way back home
Won't you be my getaway car

[VERSE 2]
Every city looks the same at 3 AM
Truck stop coffee, highway ghosts, the blur of "where" and "when"
You say I'm scared of standing still, you're probably right
But if I stop I have to feel, and I'm not built for that tonight

[PRE-CHORUS]
And I know, I know
You deserve someone whose heart can find the brakes
But that someone isn't me, so for both our sakes

[BRIDGE]
Pedal to the floor 'cause I don't know another way
Burning every exit 'cause I never learned to stay
And maybe that's the problem
Maybe that's the point
Maybe I just need someone
Who won't ask me to stop

[FINAL CHORUS]
Be my getaway (getaway)
Be my getaway (getaway)
Take me anywhere the quiet doesn't reach
Be my getaway (getaway)
Be my getaway (getaway)
Running out of road but I'm not running out of speed
Be my getaway
Getaway
Getaway car

TRACK 2: SUCKER PUNCH

[VERSE 1]
Didn't see it coming, didn't have a plan
One minute you were no one and then suddenly you ran
Straight through every wall I built to keep this heart on ice
Now I'm bleeding on the pavement wondering if I'll survive

[PRE-CHORUS]
And it's so unfair
You fight like you've got nothing left to lose
You look at me like I could be the bruise

[CHORUS]
Sucker punch, sucker punch
Hit me where I wasn't looking, now I want too much
Sucker punch, sucker punch
Knocked me off my high horse with a single touch
Didn't know I had a glass jaw
'Til you came and broke it
Sucker punch

[VERSE 2]
I used to be untouchable, I had it figured out
Keep 'em at a distance and they'll never make you doubt
Then you showed up ringside like you owned the place
And threw the first punch just by walking in with that face

[PRE-CHORUS]
And it's so unfair
I had a whole defense and you walked right through
Now I'm down for the count and it's all because of you

[BRIDGE]
You want a warning? I don't give 'em
You want a fighting chance? I didn't get one
So why should you?
Why should you?
Why should

[FINAL CHORUS]
Sucker punch, sucker punch
Hit me where I wasn't looking, now I want too much
Sucker punch, sucker punch
Knocked me off my high horse with a single touch
Sucker punch, sucker punch
Tell me how you did it, baby, what's your secret?
Didn't know I had a heart at all
'Til you came and beat it
Sucker punch

TRACK 3: GET GREEDY

The Swagger Track. "I Would Want Myself" Energy.

[VERSE 1]
Look, I know what I'm doing when I walk into the room
Every eye is a spotlight and I'm settling in for the show
You can stand there with your mouth open catching flies
Or you can buy a ticket, baby, front row's gonna cost you, though

[PRE-CHORUS]
And yeah, I see you staring
That's fine, I'd stare at me too
But looking's not the same as having
Are you sure you want to see this through?

[CHORUS]
Don't get greedy, don't get greedy
I'm a full-time occupation, baby, are you sure you're ready?
Don't get greedy, don't get greedy
I would want me too if I were you but wanting isn't having
Don't get greedy with my heart
I'll tear yours apart
Just to watch the pieces fall
Don't get greedy
Don't get greedy at all

[VERSE 2]
I've got lines around the block and honey, you're not VIP
Every boy who thought he had me is just another cautionary tale
So before you try to lock me down, let me be clear:
I'm the ride of your life but I don't come with a guarantee

[PRE-CHORUS]
And yeah, I know I'm a lot
That's fine, I like what I've got
But "a lot" can become "too much"
Are you really sure you want to touch?

[BRIDGE]
Here's the secret nobody tells you about the "cool girl":
We're exhausting
We're impossible
We know exactly what we're doing
And we're terrified you'll figure out
We're not worth the trouble

[FINAL CHORUS]
But get greedy, get greedy
Come and try to want me even when I'm being needy
Get greedy, get greedy
I'm so sick of people leaving when I finally let them see me
So get greedy with my heart
I won't tear yours apart
I'm just scared of what you'll find
So get greedy
Get greedy
Get greedy with mine

TRACK 4: HONEY I'M HOME

[VERSE 1]
Two hundred cities in two hundred days
Hotel soap and highway haze
I've been everyone to everyone
But nobody knows my name

Then you left your light on, three flights up
The first real thing in a world of "what's next"
And suddenly I'm running, but it's different now
I'm running toward something, what the hell is that about?

[PRE-CHORUS]
I never thought I'd want to be
Anywhere except where I already am
But you make "here" feel like a place I could land

[CHORUS]
Honey I'm home, honey I'm home
I know I said I don't do staying, but I'm tired of being alone
Honey I'm home, honey I'm home
You left a light on and I followed it
Honey, I'm home

[VERSE 2]
I've been the party and I've been the show
The kind of girl who's already half out the door
But you cook dinner like it's no big deal
And suddenly I want to know how "boring" feels

[PRE-CHORUS]
Never thought I'd want to be
The kind of person who sticks around
But here you are, and here I am
And I don't wanna leave this town

[CHORUS]
Honey I'm home, honey I'm home
I know I said I don't do staying, but I'm tired of being alone
Honey I'm home, honey I'm home
You left a light on and I followed it
Honey, I'm home

[BRIDGE]
And maybe this is what they meant
By all those songs I used to sing
About love, about home, about something worth keeping
I finally get it
I finally get it
I finally

[FINAL CHORUS]
Honey I'm home, honey I'm home
I know I don't deserve you but I'm asking for the loan
Honey I'm home, honey I'm home
You made a runaway want to stay
Honey I'm home
Leave the light on
I'm coming home

TRACK 5: FIFTH ROW

[VERSE 1]
Three hundred faces, I know the drill
Find one set of eyes and sing until
They feel like they're the only one
It's a trick, it works, I get it done

But there you were, fifth row back, stage left
Looking at me like you weren't impressed
Like maybe you could see through all the shine
To whatever wreck I've been trying to hide

[PRE-CHORUS]
And I don't know your name
But I can't look away
Something in your face is making me afraid
In the best worst way

[CHORUS]
Who are you, fifth row?
Why do I wanna know?
I've got three hundred people screaming every word
And all I hear is the silence in your stare
Who are you, fifth row?
And why can't I let go?
I've never played a show to one person before
But tonight I'm singing straight to you
Fifth row

[VERSE 2]
The set's almost over, I'm losing time
But I can't stop glancing at that sight line
You're not even moving, not even trying
So why do I feel like I'm the one dying?

[PRE-CHORUS]
And I should let it go
Just another stranger at another show
But something in my chest won't let me
Won't let me

[CHORUS]
Who are you, fifth row?
Why do I wanna know?
I've got three hundred people screaming every word
And all I hear is the silence in your stare
Who are you, fifth row?
And why can't I let go?
I've never sung this scared in front of anyone
But tonight I'm singing straight to you
Fifth row

[BRIDGE]
After the show, I'll send someone to find you
After the show, you'll probably think I'm crazy
After the show, you'll say "yeah, sure" or "no thanks"
And either way my life will be

DIFFERENT

[FINAL CHORUS]
There you are, fifth row
Now I need to know
You could be nothing, you could be everything
But I won't know until I ask you
So here I am, fifth row
I'm ready for the show
I've never risked this much on someone I don't know
But I'm walking straight to you
Fifth row
Meet me after the show
Fifth row

TRACK 6: REAL

[VERSE 1]
I've been a show for so long
I forgot what's underneath
Built myself a spotlight
So I'd never have to feel
And everyone who loved me
Loved the version on the stage
They never asked to meet me
So I never learned to say

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'm scared that if I stop moving
There's nothing there to find
I'm scared the real me died a long time ago
And what's left is just

[CHORUS]
Make me real, make me real
I've been a ghost so long I forgot how to feel
Make me real, make me real
You're the first thing I've wanted that I can't put in a setlist
Make me real
Make me real
Make me feel like someone worth knowing
Make me real

[VERSE 2]
You look at me like I'm a person
Not a poster on a wall
Like maybe there's a reason
To catch me if I fall
I never asked for saving
I never asked for soft
But you showed up anyway
And now I can't turn it off

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'm scared that if you see me
You'll realize there's not much there
I'm scared the running was the only thing
That made me feel like I was

[BRIDGE]
And I know I'm a lot
And I know I'm too much
But you stay anyway
And that's almost enough
That's almost enough
That's

[FINAL CHORUS]
You make me real, you make me real
You're the first person who's ever made me feel
Like I'm real, like I'm real
Like I exist outside the noise
Like I'm more than just a voice
You make me real
You make me real
And I finally believe it
You make me real

TRACK 7: VICTORY LAP

[VERSE 1]
Nine point two, can you believe it?
They finally said what I knew all along
That all those years of "almost famous"
Were just the warmup to prove them wrong

I should be humble, I should be gracious
But honestly? I'd rather gloat
So here's to everyone who counted me out
Thanks for the chip on my shoulder, now watch me float

[PRE-CHORUS]
I tried to play it cool
But who am I kidding?
I've been waiting for this moment
Since I started singing

[CHORUS]
Victory lap, victory lap
All the people who said I'd never make it, where they at?
Victory lap, victory lap
Running circles around the doubt I used to hold
Victory lap, I'm taking mine back
I earned this, I deserve it
Victory lap

[VERSE 2]
They said my sound was "too specific"
They said I'd never cross over, never break through
But I kept writing what I wanted
And it turns out what I wanted was true

So pour me something that costs too much
And put on something that bumps
Tonight we celebrate the long way there
Tomorrow I'll be humble, but tonight I'm a champ

[PRE-CHORUS]
I tried to play it small
But who am I fooling?
I've been waiting for someone to notice
All along

[BRIDGE]
And yeah, there's probably something deeper here
About validation and self-worth
But you know what? Not tonight
Tonight I'm just happy
Tonight I finally feel like I'm

WORTH IT

[FINAL CHORUS]
Victory lap, victory lap
Take a picture, hang it up, I look incredible in that
Victory lap, victory lap
All the "almosts" and "maybes" can kiss my past
Victory lap, final victory lap
Baby, run it with me, I want you here for this
Victory lap
We did it
Victory lap

TRACK 8: FASCINATING

[VERSE 1]
You called me "fascinating" once
Like I was something you'd never seen
I liked the way it sounded
Like I was magic, like I was a dream

But fascinating fades
That's kind of the whole point
What happens when you've figured out
Every single joint?

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'm scared you'll get bored
I'm scared I'll get old
I'm scared the "new thing" thing
Is the only thing I've ever known

[CHORUS]
Will you still want me
When I'm not shiny anymore?
Will you still love me
When you've seen everything before?
I've been "fascinating" my whole life
But I've never been "familiar"
Will you still want me
When I'm not new?

[VERSE 2]
Everyone leaves eventually
Once the mystery's solved
They say they want to know me
But they don't want me if I'm flawed

So I keep moving, keep performing
Keep the show fresh, keep them guessing
But with you I want to stop
And that's the scariest blessing

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'm scared you'll get close
I'm scared you'll see through
I'm scared the "real thing" thing
Means there's nothing left to do

[BRIDGE]
I've never been told before
That I'm lovely and I'm perfect
And that somebody wants me
Even after the curtain falls
Even after they've seen it all
Even after

I've never been told before
That I'm priceless and I'm holy
Even when I'm not new
So tell me
Tell me
Tell me

[FINAL CHORUS]
You'll still want me
When I'm not shiny anymore
You'll still love me
When you've seen everything before
I've been "fascinating" my whole life
Now I wanna be "familiar"
You'll still want me
Promise you'll still want me
When I'm not new

TRACK 9: 17

[VERSE 1]
I was supposed to be in that car
But I had a sore throat, had a show
Said "I'll catch up with you tomorrow"
How was I supposed to know?

They called me at 2 AM
Your mom could barely speak
"There's been an accident," she said
And I haven't slept since last week

[PRE-CHORUS]
And I know it's not my fault
That's what everyone tells me
But if I had just been there
Maybe you'd still be

[CHORUS]
Seventeen, seventeen
You were supposed to be more than a memory
Seventeen, seventeen
We had a band name picked out, we had so many plans
Seventeen, seventeen
I keep singing 'cause I can't let you down
But you'll never hear another sound
You'll always be seventeen

[VERSE 2]
I finished high school like a ghost
Went through the motions, hit my marks
Joined a band, started running
Anything to fill the dark

And everyone says I'm so "driven"
Says I've got "fire," got "heart"
They don't know I'm just afraid
Of what I'll feel if I stop

[PRE-CHORUS]
'Cause if I stop, you're still gone
And I'm still here, somehow
And all the songs in the world
Can't bring you back now

[CHORUS]
Seventeen, seventeen
You were supposed to be more than a memory
Seventeen, seventeen
"Surfacing", that's what we would've been called
Seventeen, seventeen
I keep singing 'cause I promised I would
You always said that I was good
You'll always be seventeen

[BRIDGE]
Malia
I'm sorry
I'm sorry I wasn't there
I'm sorry I kept living
I'm sorry I

I'm not sorry anymore
I'm just grateful
I'm just grateful I knew you at all

[FINAL CHORUS]
Seventeen, seventeen
You would've loved who I became
Seventeen, seventeen
Sometimes I still hear you singing harmony
Seventeen, seventeen
I'll keep going 'cause you'd want me to
This one's for you
You'll always be seventeen

Seventeen... seventeen... seventeen...

TRACK 10: STAY

[VERSE 1]
I used to think "home" was a place you leave
I used to think "love" was a temporary thing
I used to think staying meant giving up
Settling for less than "enough"

But then you showed up
And you didn't ask me to change
Didn't ask me to slow down
Just ran next to me

[PRE-CHORUS]
And somewhere on the highway
Between "nowhere" and "next"
I realized I was finally ready
To catch my breath

[CHORUS]
Stay, stay, stay
I never thought I'd want to say it
Stay, stay, stay
But here I am, I finally made it
To a place where "here" feels like home
To a place where I'm not running alone
Stay
You made me want to stay

[VERSE 2]
I know I'm a lot, I know I'm too much
I know I disappear when things get rough
But you stayed anyway, every single time
And now I want to be the one who stays behind

So here's my promise, and I don't make many:
I'll learn to stand still if you stand with me
I'll learn to be here, not just passing through
I'll learn to stay
I'll learn to stay
For you

[PRE-CHORUS]
And maybe this is what they meant
By all those songs about forever
Maybe I finally understand

[BRIDGE]
And we could be anything
We could go anywhere
But for the first time in my life
I don't want to be there
I want to be HERE
With YOU
Standing STILL
For ONCE

[FINAL CHORUS]
So stay, stay, stay
I'm finally ready to say it
Stay, stay, stay
After all these years, I made it
To a person who feels like home
To a reason to not run alone
Stay
I'm gonna stay
Stay
We're gonna stay
Stay
Let's stay

TRACK 11: LOUDER

[VERSE 1]
I was fifteen with a busted guitar
Playing covers in my bedroom, dreaming way too hard
Didn't know where I was going, didn't have a plan
Just knew that when I played it, I could finally stand

[PRE-CHORUS]
And they said "calm down," said "be realistic"
Said "girls like you don't make it, don't you get it?"
But every time they told me "no"
I just turned it up and let it

[CHORUS]
GO LOUDER
I can't hear you over the sound of my dreams
GO LOUDER
I've been running on noise since I was seventeen
When the world gets quiet, that's when the fear gets in
So I turn it up, turn it up, turn it up again
Louder

[VERSE 2]
Now I'm twenty-six and I'm still on the road
Every city is a stranger but the stage feels like home
And maybe I'm just running, maybe that's okay
Long as there's a mic in front of me, I've got something to say

[PRE-CHORUS]
And they said "slow down," said "you'll burn out"
Said "no one stays on fire, what's the point now?"
But every time they told me "stop"
I just hit the gas and

[BRIDGE]
And maybe someday I'll learn to sit still
Maybe someday the silence won't kill
But that day's not today
So until then I'll play
And I'll play
And I'll play
And I'll

[FINAL CHORUS]
GO LOUDER
You can't stop me, I'm the sound of my dreams
GO LOUDER
I've been making this noise since I was seventeen
When the world gets quiet, I just plug back in
Turn it up, turn it up, 'til I can't hear a thing
Louder
LOUDER
LOUDER