Knock First

[Verse 1] One house said keep your door wide open One house said dream and don't explain One taught me how to watch my footsteps One taught me how to dance in the rain Always stuck between two worlds Never knew which side was mine Always too loud for some, too strange for others Never fluent trying to read the signs [Pre-Chorus] So I learned every room before I entered Every face before they spoke Everybody got a version of me I carried all of them until I broke [Chorus] You don't gotta knock first (first) ... anymore I don't need permission (permission) ... from the door I've been everybody's answer long enough 이제는 나를 믿을래 Now I'm standing in my own light Not too little, not too bright Spent my whole life trying to fit Turns out I ... was enough [Rap] Look— I know who laughs when they're feeling insecure Who talks too fast, who keeps a backup detour Who checks their phone every time they feel ignored Who says "I'm fine", feeling thin as cardboard I know who stays just to keep the peace Who learned young not to ask for things Who wears confidence like it's second skin Then falls apart quietly and caves within Funny thing— Everybody got advice for me Everybody got their story of me One says "slow down," one says "don't change" One says "be yourself" one says "you act strange" So I stopped asking who I'm supposed to be Stopped chasing every version they could see If you love me, let me breathe If you trust me, knock before you reach [Chorus] You don't gotta knock first (first) ... anymore I don't need permission (permission) ... from the door I've been everybody's answer long enough 더는 다 안고 살지 않아 Now I'm standing in my own light Not too little, not too bright Spent my whole life trying to fit Turns out I ... was enough [Intermission] [Bridge - spoken] Thought if everybody chose me I'd finally stop feeling wrong Funny how the noise went quiet When I stopped playing along [Outro - stripped back] You don't gotta knock first ... anymore I don't need permission ... from the door I've been everybody's answer long enough 있는 그대로 괜찮아 Now I'm standing in my own light Not too little, not too bright I don't need you to tell me... ... who I was Now I'm standing in my own light Not too little, not too bright Spent my whole life trying to please If you love me... ... Let me breathe