chance Lyrics
Does she feel the energy the way that I do?
In the air whenever we get in the same room?
'Cause I don't know how to read her mind
And I don't wanna cross the line
Does she know I'm thinking 'bout her plenty?
Overthinking if she'd even let me
Move in close enough to hear me say
[Pre-Chorus]
That I don't wanna go home and leave as just friends
But I keep letting her go, and then it just ends
[Chorus]
I was a no, never maybe
I knew she'd never take a chance on me
How did it go? We'll never see
I knew she'd never take a chance on me
I didn't know no better
I wouldn't let myself believe
No, we'll never see
'Cause I never let her take a chance, let her take a chance on me
[Verse 2]
Tell me, tell me, tell me where you are now
I could show up in the middle of the night to
Try to make up for the time we lost
Try to put a little love on us
'Cause I know I still think about her plenty
If I found the confidence, yeah, would she let me?
Or does it always have to be this way?
It's caught inside of my mind, what we could have been
But I keep letting her go, and then it just ends
[Chorus]
I was a no, never maybe
I knew she'd never take a chance on me
How did it go? We'll never see
I knew she'd never take a chance on me
I didn't know no better
I wouldn't let myself believe
No, we'll never see
'Cause I never let her take a chance, let her take a chance on me
[Post-Chorus]
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
[Bridge]
Now that she's gone, gone, gone
And now that it's done, done, done
I should've known that I was better
If I gave us a chance, we'd be together
[Chorus]
I was a no, never maybe
I knew she'd never take a chance on me
How did it go? We'll never see
I knew she'd never take a chance on me
I didn't know no better
I wouldn't let myself believe (Didn't know better)
No, we'll never see
'Cause I never let her take a chance, let her take a chance on me
I didn't know no better
I wouldn't let myself believe that we'll never see
'Cause I never let her take a chance, let her take a chance on me
(Never see, chance on me)
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“Chance” is a song based on those moments when I denied my true feelings for someone out of fear of rejection, and therefore didn’t allow someone to take a chance on me. I hope this song empowers people to push past their own self-doubt and realize how worthy they are of love.
I’m always starved for hopeful queer stories onscreen, and I really wanted to direct a narrative that focused on the happier ‘honeymoon’ phase of a relationship, to show what can happen if we take a chance on ourselves and have that love reciprocated. The video is meant to portray those first few weeks, months, or even years when you are utterly head over heels in love with each other.
