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Watch Me lyrics
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Intro
Four, three, two, breathe
Verse 1
Four forty seven, frost cracking the lens, boots on the edge where the granite bends. Pulse in my teeth, the GPS says no, but the red light blinking says here we go. She said don't, I said watch, strap up, tape down, double-check the latch. Twelve hundred feet, no rope, just trust, and a camera that knows what the world won't discuss.
Pre-chorus
Count it down, count it down, heart hits harder than the kick drum sound. Count it down, feel it pound, chase the drop till the silence drowns.
Chorus
Watch me, catch me, crop me go, red light running where the maps don't show. Watch me, catch me, drop in slow, fear and freedom got the same heartbeat, oh.
Post-chorus
Four, three, two, breathe
Verse 2
Salt in the wind, the board cuts the swell, wave like a wall and I know it well. Fingers in the foam, the lens caught the spray, print it on a postcard, never throw it away. She said slow, I said send it, crashed the take but I didn't end it. Bruise on the rib, blood on the chin, cleanest cut of footage I ever been in.
Pre-chorus
Count it down, count it down, heart hits harder than the kick drum sound. Count it down, feel it pound, chase the drop till the silence drowns.
Chorus
Watch me, catch me, crop me go, red light running where the maps don't show. Watch me, catch me, drop in slow, fear and freedom got the same heartbeat, oh.
Bridge
Every scar's a postcard from a better day, every fall's a frame the lens won't throw away. They asked me why I never hit the brake, the only thing I lose is what I never take. Four, three, two, breathe Said don't, I said watch.
Chorus
Watch me, catch me, crop me go, red light running where the maps don't show. Watch me, catch me, drop in slow, fear and freedom got the same heartbeat, oh. Watch me, catch me, crop me go, red light running where the maps don't show. Watch me, catch me, drop in slow, fear and freedom got the same heartbeat, oh.
Outro
Four, three, two, breathe
Inside the recording
Four, three, two, breathe
Count it down, count it down, heart hits harder than the kick drum sound.
Four, three, two, breathe
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