Bloom a Little Late

[Intro0 Oooooh... (ah-ah-ah) Mmm-mm... yeah-yeah Whoa-oh-oh-oh... I found a field past the edge of town No signs no names Just grass moving with the weather I thought maybe maybe I could stay there for a while Mmm-mm... [Verse 1] I spent years trying to become I don't know— whatever they could applaud Kept holding my breath for some beautiful ending Like if I worked hard enough I'd finally feel like myself Or— something close to it But everything I wanted started weighing more The rooms got bigger The nights got longer And somewhere in all that noise I forgot— yeah I forgot what I was chasing [Pre-Chorus] So I walked until the road ran out Took my shoes off in the dirt For once I didn't need an answer I just— needed somewhere to hurt Oooooh... [Chorus] Maybe I'm a wildflower Growing where I wasn't meant to No one planted me here Still— I came through I don't need the whole sky I don't need to burn that bright If I can bloom where I landed Maybe— maybe that's enough tonight [Post-Chorus] Oooooh... (ah-ah-ah) Mmm-mm... yeah-yeah Wildflower... Whoa-oh-oh-oh... Ooh-ooh... Mmm-mm... [Verse 2] There are days I still look behind me At the life I thought I had to keep Old versions of me standing in doorways Asking why I had to leave And sometimes I still miss you More than I— more than I know how to admit I keep the good parts somewhere quiet I let the rest be what it is Or try to I thought love was supposed to save me Maybe love just showed me where I hurt And after all the rain had passed I was still here somehow under the dirt [Pre-Chorus] I don't have to call it healing I don't have to call it fate Some things grow without permission Some things— just bloom a little late [backing harmony] Whoa-oh-oh... [Chorus] Maybe I'm a wildflower Growing where I wasn't meant to No one planted me here Still— I came through I don't need the whole sky I don't need to burn that bright If I can bloom where I landed Maybe— maybe that's enough tonight [Post-Chorus] Oooooh... (ah-ah-ah) Mmm-mm... yeah-yeah Still here... Whoa-oh-oh-oh... [Bridge] I used to think I had to be somebody Somebody louder Somebody sure Now I think— no I'd rather be honest Even if that's something smaller No crown No finish line No perfect way to leave Just my hands in the open air and— room enough to breathe Mmm-mm... Oooooh... [Final Chorus] Maybe I'm a wildflower Bent a little by the weather Still opening when morning comes Still putting myself together Oooooh... (ah-ah-ah) I don't need the whole sky I don't need to know what's next [backing vocals] Mmm-mm... yeah-yeah If I can grow without pretending Maybe— maybe that's my kind of rest [Final Lift] Whoa-oh-oh-oh... Oooooh... (ah-ah-ah) Wildflower... Mmm-mm... still here [Outro] No name on the field No reason to be there Just one wildflower and me still here I think— yeah still here Oooooh... Mmm-mm...