Her Escape

[Verse 1]
Cold kitchen table
Report card glare
Their voices get sharper
“I don’t know how you don’t care”
But you do
You do
Chewed-up pencil
Tired eyes
Head in a workbook
Heart somewhere outside

[Pre-Chorus]
You just wanna talk about that stray cat
The song stuck in your head
Sun on your face in the school yard
Not the numbers in red

[Chorus]
When will I be enough
For them
For You
For me
I’m trying so hard but I keep getting stuck
In things they don’t see
Are You still on the other side of my prayers
Or did I mess it all up
I’m stuck in this skin
This sin
This fear
When
When will I be enough

[Verse 2]
Friends post their trophies
Gold frames on a screen
You scroll in the hallway
Hide how it stings
You daydream of forests
Warm bread
Loud songs
They say you’re distracted
You say that’s where you belong

[Pre-Chorus]
You ask every night
“are You angry?”
Replay every little wrong
If heaven is listening
Why do You feel gone

[Chorus]
When will I be enough
For them
For You
For me
I’m trying so hard but I keep getting stuck
In things they don’t see
Are You still on the other side of my prayers
Or did I mess it all up
I’m stuck in this skin
This sin
This fear
When
When will I be enough

[Bridge]
Maybe freedom isn’t straight A’s
Maybe You’re there in the oak tree shade
In the crumbs on the plate
In the off-key tune
In the quiet girl humming in her messy room (oh)

[Chorus]
When will I be enough
For them
For You
For me
Maybe I’m already held in a love
They just can’t believe
If You’re still on the other side of my tears
Teach me to lift them up
Till the day I can finally say
Clear:
I am
I am enough