Basement Heartstrings

I tripped on your charger by the kitchen sink

Said “I’m fine” while my brain hit the brink You laughed like

it’s nothing, and I tried to be cool But my heart wrote

your name in permanent school I rehearse conversations in the cereal aisle

Then forget my own lines when you text me a smile (uh-huh)

I’m not brave, I just talk like I am With my pockets

full of change and a half-baked plan If you’d meet me halfway,

I could finally say I’m the mess that you somehow make okay (oh)

If you want me,

I’m right here in plain view

Sunny on the outside,

scared like a kid in homeroom

I play it off,

but it’s always the same truth I’m falling for you in my

dumb sneakers Falling for you in my dumb sneakers (yeah)

(na-na-na) (na-na-na) (oh-oh)

Your playlist’s all classics and oddly sad tracks

Mine’s game themes and breakup attacks We window-shop planets at the science

museum Pretend we’re above it,

then totally lose it I overthink birthdays and what I should wear

Like you’ll judge my soul by my mismatched pair But you just

say “come on,” and you tug at my sleeve And I start

to believe (ha)

So if I stall out in the parking lot It’s not the

engine, it’s my racing thoughts

I’m trying to land this like a paper plane But you catch

me laughing in the wind and rain (oh) If you want me,

I’m right here in plain view Sunny on the outside,

scared like a kid in homeroom I play it off,

but it’s always the same truth I’m falling for you in my

dumb sneakers

Falling for you in my dumb sneakers (yeah)

I keep receipts from the days we were okay Folded in my

wallet like a cheap arcade If I say “I love you” and

my voice goes thin Just laugh,

pull me closer, let the moment win (ahhhh)

If you want me,

I’m right here in plain view Sunny on the outside,

scared like a kid in homeroom I play it off,

but it’s always the same truth I’m falling for you in my

dumb sneakers Falling for you in my dumb sneakers (yeah) (na-na-na) (na-na-na) (oh-oh)