Outside Looking In

Lyrics

Verse 1
You walk in
Room bends around you
I fade
Into the hallway paint
Same desk
Same hoodie
Same headphones
Same joke
I think but never say

Pre-Chorus
Everyone’s talking
I’m on the edge
Laugh tracks I don’t get
Then you look over like
“Where you been?”
I lose my breath

Chorus
I’m outside looking in
Pressed up to the glass again
World spinning in your orbit
I’m just trying to fit
Yeah
I’m halfway in the dark
With a flashlight on my heart
If you saw the way it jumps when you walk past
You’d let me in
You’d let me in

Verse 2
You ask
“If you wanna sit closer”
I choke
On a single word “sure”
Your pen
Falls
I pick it up shaking
Our hands
Touch for a second
I burn

Pre-Chorus
You tell a story
They all explode
I laugh a beat too late
You catch me staring at your mouth
I look away

Chorus
I’m outside looking in
Pressed up to the glass again
World spinning in your orbit
I’m just trying to fit
Yeah
I’m halfway in the dark
With a flashlight on my heart
If you saw the way it jumps when you walk past
You’d let me in
You’d let me in

Bridge
Maybe you feel it too (do you?)
That small strange pull in the room
Maybe you’re lonely
In your own crowd
I’m rehearsing “hey
I like you”
On the walk home after school
One day I’ll say it
One day out loud (out loud)

Chorus
I’m outside looking in
Pressed up to the glass again
But tonight I’ll crack a door
Take one step
Not pretend
From the far edge of the dark
I’ll point the flashlight at my heart
If you hear it when it jumps as I say “hi”
You’ll let me in
You’ll let me in (oh yeah)