I Learned My Name After the Fire

Verse 1

I used to answer to the noise

To every voice that needed something

I wore the weight like it was normal

Called it strength, called it nothing

I kept the peace, I paid the price

I stayed quiet when it mattered

I was whole on the outside

Inside I was getting scattered

Pre-Chorus

They keep asking who I was

Like I owe them a return

But you don’t come back the same

After everything you burn

Chorus

I learned my name after the fire

After the smoke cleared out my chest

When what I loved couldn’t survive it

I finally knew what was left

I lost a lot, I won’t deny it

But I don’t miss who I was before

I learned my name after the fire

I don’t answer to it anymore

Verse 2

I don’t flinch when the past talks

I let it say what it came to

I don’t chase what I outgrew

I don’t beg to be understood

Some bridges fell on their own

Some truths didn’t need forgiving

I stopped trying to be chosen

That’s when I started living

Pre-Chorus

They keep saying I should heal

Like I’m something that was wrong

I was never broken

I was just holding on

Chorus

I learned my name after the fire

After the lies couldn’t stay warm

When the mask finally melted

I stood there weathered, not torn

I lost faces, lost desire

Lost the fear of being alone

I learned my name after the fire

Now it sounds like my own

Bridge

If the flames come back again

I won’t pray to be spared

I know who I am in the ashes

I’ve already been there

Let it burn what isn’t true

Let it take what I don’t need

I won’t disappear again

Just to help someone else breathe

Final Chorus

I learned my name after the fire

When surviving stopped being the goal

I don’t need smoke to feel higher

I don’t need scars to feel whole

I lost the weight of the choir

Lost the need to be restored

I learned my name after the fire

And I don’t lose it anymore

Outro

Yeah

I’m still here

And I know my name