Adelle Hart - Rehearsal Shadows Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Perfect posture, perfect time
Notes arranged in perfect lines
Teacher's footsteps down the hall
Waiting for my pride to fall
Sweating bullets, shaking hands
Playing just like she demands

[Pre-Chorus]
But in these empty practice rooms
Where shadows dance and doubt consumes
I'm losing pieces of myself
Sheet music scattered on the shelf

[Chorus]
I'm not your porcelain ballerina
Spinning in circles, getting nowhere
These rehearsal shadows follow me home
Your voice in my head won't leave me alone
God, I'm so tired of being shown
How to be somebody I don't know

[Verse 2]
Metronome keeps ticking on
While my confidence is gone
"Start again" and "That's not right"
Echo through another night
Classical restraint and grace
Suffocating in this space

[Bridge]
Screw your rules and expectations
Your precious little demonstrations
Of how a lady should perform
I'd rather break free from your norm
These fingers know a different song
One that proves you dead wrong

[Chorus]
I'm not your porcelain ballerina
Spinning in circles, getting nowhere
These rehearsal shadows follow me home
Your voice in my head won't leave me alone
God, I'm so tired of being shown
How to be somebody I don't know

[Outro]
Watch me tear these pages down
Let the music hit the ground
Finally playing what I feel
Something broken, something real
In this room of judgment's eyes
I'll let my true sound rise