

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Back row of the classroom You laughed with your friends Looked right through me Pen caps and daydreams Spelling your name in the margins slowly You walked past in the hallway Your perfume stayed But you were leaving I played it off like nothing But my chest was beating Bleeding [Chorus] You’re my crush not to be Like a song that cuts off in the best part You’re my almost My maybe But I never even made it to your heart I’m screaming your name in a crowd You don’t even turn around to see Yeah My heart’s wide open For a crush not to be (crush not to be, yeah) [Verse 2] Friday night Metal on the radio I’m staring at the ceiling Rewinding that hello Your eyes That crooked smile Stayed stuck in my head for a long Long while Everybody’s out there Kissing in the dark by the cheap arcade I’m here with my records Trying to turn this ache into a flame [Chorus] You’re my crush not to be Like a song that cuts off in the best part You’re my almost My maybe But I never even made it to your heart I’m screaming your name in a crowd You don’t even turn around to see Yeah My heart’s wide open For a crush not to be (crush not to be, whoa) [Bridge] Did you ever see me? Or was I just another face in the yearbook line I still see you laughing Freeze-frame in my mind I know I gotta let go But it’s hard erasing the scenes Of a love I never had Still tearing at the seams (yeah) [Chorus] You’re my crush not to be Like a song that cuts off in the best part You’re my almost My maybe But I never even made it to your heart I’m screaming your name in a crowd You don’t even turn around to see Still my heart keeps hoping For a crush not to be (crush not to be, not to be)
Tags
metal, Big 80s hair-metal ballad, male vocals: clean arpeggiated guitars and toms in the verse, huge chorus with stacked harmonies and soaring lead. Snare with gated reverb, melodic lead guitar answering vocal lines. Final chorus key-lift with a wailing solo tailing the last hook.
4:27
No
2/22/2026