Petty & Proud (Indie/Alternative Version)

Verse

Whispers in the hallway, shadows on my wall,

You think I’m quiet, but I’m building up the brawl.

Ink stains on paper, scribbles full of spite,

A petty little fire flickers in the night.

Pre-chorus

I don’t want to be the calm in your storm,

I’m a restless wave, a shape without form.

Painted lines of anger, a canvas torn,

I’m petty and proud, raw and reborn.

Chorus

Petty and proud, I wear it like a crown,

Cracks in the glass where I won’t back down.

Words like arrows, sharp and loud,

Petty and angry, lost but found.

Verse

You left your footprints in the dust of my mind,

Echoes of silence, bitter and unkind.

I trace the fractures, the cracks you made,

A mosaic of anger in colors that fade.

Pre-chorus

I don’t want to be the calm in your storm,

I’m a restless wave, a shape without form.

Painted lines of anger, a canvas torn,

I’m petty and proud, raw and reborn.

Chorus

Petty and proud, I wear it like a crown,

Cracks in the glass where I won’t back down.

Words like arrows, sharp and loud,

Petty and angry, lost but found.

Bridge

Maybe someday the fire will dim,

But tonight I’m the chaos, on the brim.

No apologies, no disguise,

Petty and angry, open eyes.

Chorus

Petty and proud, I wear it like a crown,

Cracks in the glass where I won’t back down.

Words like arrows, sharp and loud,

Petty and angry, lost but found.

Outro

Petty and proud, a wild kind of art,

Anger and beauty tangled in my heart.

No regrets, just this sound,

Petty and angry, unbound.