Peace or Approval

Verse 1

Late night static on my bedroom wall

Scrolling through faces I barely recall

Wonder where I ended up in their minds

Is it worth the weight or a waste of time

Pre-Chorus

Ask myself if I'm enough

Turn it over, call my bluff

Counting worries in my head

Sleep escapes every word I never said

Chorus

Do you want peace or do you want approval

You can't have both, it's a simple removal

Ain't no peace if you care what they think of you

Truth grows quiet when you're searching for a cue

Post-Chorus

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Let it go, let it go

Verse 2

So you replay their words like a broken tape

Every echo just leads to another escape

Now you're building yourself from the outside in

You keep losing your way just to try and fit in

Pre-Chorus

All these empty eyes you watch

Never know your hidden cost

Try to hold your own again

But you’re never free until you let them end

Chorus

Do you want peace or do you want approval

You can't have both, it's a simple removal

Ain't no peace if you care what they think of you

Truth grows quiet when you're searching for a cue

Post-Chorus

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Let it go, let it go

Bridge

You hold your breath in a silent room

Waiting for signs you never assume

If you could loosen the grip of the doubt

Maybe you'd see what it's all about

Verse 3

You trace the outlines of your old disguise

Wonder if you're more than a compromise

Caught in the mirror, shadows in view

Maybe you’re tired of being someone new

Chorus

Do you want peace or do you want approval

You can't have both, it's a simple removal

Ain't no peace if you care what they think of you

Truth grows quiet when you're searching for a cue

Post-Chorus

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Let it go, let it go

Outro

Sunrise leaking through the dusty blinds

Breathing out doubts I’ve kept confined

Empty coffee cups and a tangled mind

Softly learning to leave it behind

Fading footprints on the wooden floor

Something lighter than the night before

Pain trades places with a dream or two

For the first time, I belong to me, not you