They say I should be grateful for this life

Cut from the mold of someone else's knife

Smile for the camera, play the perfect part

While thunder's building up inside my heart

College degree, a house, a wedding ring

Check all the boxes, that's the American dream

But I'm drowning in their picture-perfect plan

Trying to be someone I don't understand

The pressure's rising, can you feel it too?

All these voices telling me what to do

It's a perfect storm, perfect storm

All their expectations crashing down

Perfect storm, perfect storm

I'm lost but I can't make a sound

The wind is howling, rain is pouring

But I'm the only one who's drowning

Perfect storm, perfect storm

In this life that's not my own

Instagram perfection on my feed

Makes me question everything I need

Everyone's achieving, everyone's ahead

While I'm lying awake in my unmade bed

Family dinners feel like job interviews

"When will you settle down and pay your dues?"

Their disappointment hangs heavy in the air

Like I'm a project that needs repair

The pressure's rising, can you feel it too?

All these voices telling me what to do

It's a perfect storm, perfect storm

All their expectations crashing down

Perfect storm, perfect storm

I'm lost but I can't make a sound

The wind is howling, rain is pouring

But I'm the only one who's drowning

Perfect storm, perfect storm

In this life that's not my own

But maybe storms were meant to clear the sky

Maybe I don't need to justify

Every choice that doesn't fit their frame

Maybe it's okay to play a different game

I'll dance in lightning, sing in thunder

Let their perfect world go under

I was born to be the storm

Not to weather it and mourn

I am the storm, I am the storm

Let my rebellion shake the ground

I am the storm, I am the storm

And I will make my own damn sound

The wind is calling, rain is falling

But now I'm the one who's soaring

I am the storm, I am the storm

And this life is my own

Perfect storm, perfect storm

I'll be the storm they can't control

Perfect storm, perfect storm

Finally free, finally whole