[Verse 1] Back row kids with our hands in our pockets Counting exits while the whole room watched us Every word felt too rehearsed to follow Like a future we were meant to swallow Jamie: We learned silence before we learned to speak Kept our heads down, kept it clean They said this town would make us whole But it just dug holes [Pre-Chorus] Jamie (low): We don’t say what they told us now We don’t fit and we won’t back down [Chorus] Quinn (falsetto rising): This is our dead end benediction No permission, no revision We don’t live how they planned for us We don’t bend, we don’t break Jamie + Quinn: This is everything they warned us Every label they tried to form us If we’re lost then we’re fine that way We’re not looking for escape [Verse 2] Jamie: Small town halos turned to static Every good kid problematic We were ghosts in the graduation Already planning evacuation They said we’d never make it out Said we’d fold, said we’d burn out So we lit every bridge they saved And walked through the flames [Pre-Chorus] Jamie: They can keep their quiet ground We’re too loud to settle down [Chorus] Quinn: This is our dead end benediction No permission, no revision We don’t live how they planned for us We don’t bend, we don’t break Jamie + Quinn: This is everything they warned us Every label they tried to form us If we’re lost then we’re fine that way We’re not looking for escape [Bridge] Jamie (low): We were never what they wanted Never small enough to stay Quinn (rising): If this is what they call a future We’ll walk away Jamie: We don’t need their expectations Quinn (falsetto scream): WE WERE NEVER GONNA STAY [Final Chorus] Jamie + Quinn: This is our dead end benediction No permission, no revision We don’t live how they planned for us We don’t bend, we don’t break Quinn (high): If this is what they call a hometown Jamie (grit): We’re not coming back Both: This is our dead end benediction And we’re not coming back