passenger side lyrics

[Verse 1]
I used to beg the night to swallow me whole
Wrote my worth in texts I shouldn’t have sent
Kept mistaking silence for control
Now I don’t flinch when my past is mentioned

[Pre-Chorus]
Drunk confessions in backseats
Faking peace just to keep the peace
Thought love meant always staying
Even when I was barely breathing

[Chorus]
So I ride passenger side with my younger self
You don’t have to prove a thing to anyone else
You’re allowed to break
You’rе allowed to bloom
Even in rooms wherе they never saw you
So cry if you need, laugh when it’s real
Let time do its quiet, holy heal
’Cause none of this pain was ever in vain
You’re not who you were, and that’s okay

[Verse 2]
I used to think love meant fixing
Till I learned that healing ain’t giving everything
To someone who won’t meet you halfway
Now I guard my joy like it’s worth the wait
[Pre-Chorus]
Polaroids of who I used to be
Still flicker in dreams and therapy
But the boy who needed everyone’s praise
Now smiles when he walks away

[Chorus]
So I ride passenger side with my younger self
You don’t have to prove a thing to anyone else
You’re allowed to break
You’re allowed to bloom
Even in rooms where they never saw you
So cry if you need, laugh when it’s real
Let time do its quiet, holy heal
’Cause none of this pain was ever in vain
You’re not who you were, and that’s okay

[Bridge]
You’ll fall in love with your own mind
Write songs in silence, dance through the decline
It won’t always make sense, but it will align
And when it does, you’ll feel the sun this time

[Chorus]
So ride passenger side with your younger self
Thank you for surviving even with nothing else
You’re allowed to dream
You’re allowed to rest
Even in days when you’re not your best
So cry if you need, laugh when it’s real
Let time do its quiet, holy heal
’Cause none of this pain was ever in vain
You’re not who you were, and that’s your gain