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[Verse 1]
O.K. little Lilly
Tiny shoes
Big stage
Flashcards in her fingers
Teacher doing great
"Your word is seaward"
Smiles from the front row
Parent with a camcorder
Zoomed in too close
[Pre-Chorus]
"C-U-N—"
Record scratch in my brain
Air goes thin
Whole room strained
Every vowel
Feels like a crime scene
[Chorus]
Stop the spelling bee
Someone hit the lights
My faith in humanity
Just took flight
Jesus please
Jesus please
Make this crowd rewind
Stop the spelling bee
Save my fragile mind
[Verse 2]
Principal frozen
Coffee mid-sip
Pastor in the back row
Tightens his grip
Lilly just blinking
Swinging her feet
She just wants stickers
And something sweet
[Pre-Chorus]
"—seaward
" teacher coughs
Letters stuck in teeth
Dad in the third row
Sinks in his seat
Laugh stuck halfway
Like a bad sneeze
[Chorus]
Stop the spelling bee
Someone hit the lights
My faith in humanity
Just took flight
Jesus please
Jesus please
Make this crowd rewind
Stop the spelling bee
Save my fragile mind
[Bridge]
we are gathered here
For consonants and fear
For vowels and regret
And words we can't forget
Spell hope
Spell grace
Spell anything safe
But this one word
Got out of its cage
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