Happy Birthday

Intro

(hey) Light the candles, light the candles, oh-oh

(ta-da) Uh-huh, yeah

Verse

Paper hats and mismatched socks, kitchen floor a carnival

Sticky frosting on your thumb, laughing at the mirror, all in all

That old mixtape on the shelf plays the songs that made you brave

Polaroids with crooked smiles, crowded up inside a shoebox cave

You step in slow, the room goes soft, everybody leans a little closer

Hands that held you when you fell, hands that learned to let you go

Count the freckles, call it luck, call it maps you’ve walked before

Tonight we toast the small big things, every bruise turned into door

Pre-chorus

So breathe in deep, the light is yours (light is yours)

Make a line of wishes on the windowsill, don’t be shy

We’ll cheer you loud, we’ll lift you up (lift you up)

This spinning world slows down for one bright sky

Chorus

Happy birthday, blow it out — make a wish and watch it fly (oh-oh)

Happy birthday, clap it loud — sing the name that lights the night (hey)

Happy birthday, dance around — stomp the floor and shout it out (oh-oh, oh-oh)

Happy birthday, you’re the spark — one more year, let’s ride the light

Happy birthday, blow it out — make a wish and watch it fly (oh-oh)

Verse

Midnight crumbs and city rain, you’re half asleep and half electric

Phone full of firework texts, promises that sound poetic

You tuck a coin beneath your shoe, a secret for the wishing well

Old jokes we’ve told a hundred times still roll like rolling shells

There’s a quiet in the laughing now, like velvet on a drum

We pass a crown of paper blooms and call you monarch, call you some

The clock leans in, the faces glow, a constellation in your hair

Every story bent toward you, every joke your name will wear

Pre-chorus

So take the stage, the lights belong (they belong)

We’ll echo every chorus till the morning steals the blue

Raise your glass, this night is yours (this night is yours)

We’ll paint the walls with memory, a color made of you

Chorus

Happy birthday, blow it out — make a wish and watch it fly (oh-oh)

Happy birthday, clap it loud — sing the name that lights the night (hey)

Happy birthday, dance around — stomp the floor and shout it out (oh-oh, oh-oh)

Happy birthday, you’re the spark — one more year, let’s ride the light

Happy birthday, blow it out — make a wish and watch it fly (oh-oh)

Bridge

(na-na) Keep that grin, keep that fire, keep the list of things undone

(na-na) Fold the map, chase the sun, let tomorrow run, let tomorrow run

(ah-ah-ah) We’ll call your name in timing claps, in whispered jokes and midnight hums

(ah-ah-ah) One more cheer, one more round — the whole wide room becomes

Chorus

Happy birthday, blow it out — make a wish and watch it fly (oh-oh)

Happy birthday, clap it loud — sing the name that lights the night (hey)

Happy birthday, dance around — stomp the floor and shout it out (oh-oh, oh-oh)

Happy birthday,