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
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