Velvet Echo

[Verse 1]

Lipstick on your coffee cup

Half-read book on the window seat

You say you’re fine

But your fingers drum

Same two notes on a nervous beat

You laugh it off

Change the subject

Scroll your phone till your thumbs go numb

But your eyes keep tracing exits

Like you’re always poised to run

[Pre-Chorus]

You’ve been folding yourself up small

Just to fit in their little walls

Tell me

When did “almost” start to feel like all?

[Chorus]

You’re not too much

You’re just enough

Every scar

Every soft spot tough

You’re the storm and the quiet after

Made of thunder

Made of laughter

Say it with me

Loud and true

“I’m not shrinking to comfort you”

This is your heart

This is your glow

Let that velvet echo roll

[Verse 2]

Old fears in a brand-new outfit

Same script with a different cast

You keep giving them the best scenes

Let them edit out your past

But I see the way your voice shakes

Right before you start to sing

Then that tiny

Trembling whisper

Turns into a golden ring

[Pre-Chorus]

You’ve been dimming your own flame

Just to fit a borrowed name

Tell me

When did hiding start to feel the same?

[Chorus]

You’re not too much

You’re just enough

Every scar

Every soft spot tough

You’re the storm and the quiet after

Made of thunder

Made of laughter

Say it with me

Loud and true

“I’m not shrinking to comfort you”

This is your heart

This is your glow

Let that velvet echo roll

[Bridge]

[Breakdown: drums drop

Bass and Rhodes carry

Stacked hums]

Call your power back (right now)

Every piece you lacked (you found)

Every time they said you’re wrong

Every time they said you’re wrong

That was just your victory song

Call your power back (breathe in)

Fill your own soundtrack (begin)

Hold that note inside your chest

Let it rise above the rest (oh)

[Chorus]

You’re not too much

You’re just enough

Every scar

Every soft spot tough

You’re the storm and the quiet after

Made of thunder

Made of laughter

Say it with me

Loud and true

“I’m not shrinking to comfort you”

This is your heart

This is your glow

Let that velvet echo roll

[Chorus]

You’re not too much

You’re just enough

Every flaw that you hide’s your stuff

You’re the storm and the quiet after

Made of thunder

Made of laughter

Say it with me

Loud and true

“I’m done shrinking to comfort you”

This is your name

This is your soul

Let that velvet echo roll (roll)

Let that velvet echo roll