Lightning in a Jar

Intro

oh-oh, yeah, uh

(zoom, zoom) ha!

Verse

I start ten stories before the first one finishes

Hands on a map but I'm folding all the sentences

Window down, radio on, windows inside my head

I chase a color, then a thought, then a line I never said

My mind's a crowded room with a thousand open doors

I lose my keys and then I find the keys I lost before

I laugh too loud, I swear I’m fine — I’m wired, wired, wired

But there’s gold in all the scatter and a light behind the fire

Pre-chorus

Slow me down, slow me down (whoa)

Hold my hand while I spin around (hold me)

I can burn bright, then burn out, then come back again

I’m a river, I’m a comet, I’m the noise inside your den

Chorus

I’m quick to fly, quick to fall, quick to love it all (oh-oh)

I’m lightning in a jar, and I’ll break it, break it, break the walls (yeah)

I run on extra, I get stuck and then I soar (uh-huh)

I’m messy, I’m magic, I’m asking for more (more, more)

I’m quick to fly, quick to fall, quick to love it all (oh-oh)

I’m lightning in a jar, and I’ll break it, break it, break the walls (yeah)

Verse

Teacher said, "Focus." I said, "Watch me change the frame"

I build a castle out of sticky notes with no two blocks the same

The clock goes tick, my mind goes skip — (skip, skip) watch me switch the lanes

I’ll hyper-focus on the thing that feels like holy rain

Phone on silent, thoughts on loud, a spark becomes a blaze

I mess up plans but make a map of constellations in a day

I’m clumsy with my temper, clumsy with the truth

But I hold a thousand sunrise tricks inside this restless youth

Pre-chorus

Slow me down, slow me down (breathe)

Talk to me in colors when I’m drowning in the sound (talk to me)

I can hold a million pieces, I can break them into light

I am fast and I am fragile and I’m honest in the fight

Chorus

I’m quick to fly, quick to fall, quick to love it all (oh-oh)

I’m lightning in a jar, and I’ll break it, break it, break the walls (yeah)

I run on extra, I get stuck and then I soar (uh-huh)

I’m messy, I’m magic, I’m asking for more (more, more)

I’m quick to fly, quick to fall, quick to love it all (oh-oh)

I’m lightning in a jar, and I’ll break it, break it, break the walls (yeah)

Bridge

(la-la) Catch me when I leap — whoa-oh

(ah-ah) Count the unmade lists, the midnight epiphanies that keep me whole

Give me one small anchor, give me one slow hand

I’ll trade you all my scatter for a song you understand

Chorus

I’m quick to fly, quick to fall, quick to love it all (oh-oh)

I’m lightning in a jar, and I’ll break it, break it, break the walls (yeah)

I run on extra, I get stuck and then I soar (uh-huh)

I’m messy, I’m magic, I’m asking for more (more, more)

I’m quick to fly, quick to fall, quick to love it all (oh-oh)

I’m lightning in a jar, and I’ll break it, break it, break the walls (yeah)

Outro

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I’ll break it, I’ll break it, I’ll break t