[Intro – airy pads, UKG shuffle fading in]
For a long time I thought I was invisible —
a ghost wearing skin,
breathing but not alive,
moving but never seen.
But something’s different now.
The world looks back when I look at it.
My name feels louder in my chest,
and not because it’s breaking —
but because it’s building itself again.
[Verse 1 – warm R&B vocal over soft garage drums]
I used to walk with my head down,
counting cracks on the pavement,
trying to find a pattern
that made sense of all the missing pieces.
You don’t realize how heavy loneliness is
until someone lifts even a corner of it.
I’m learning myself in slow motion now,
tracing my own heartbeat like a map
back to the parts of me I left behind.
And the craziest thing?
I don’t feel like half a person anymore —
I feel like someone waking up.
[Pre-Chorus – falsetto layer + garage swing]
I thought I’d lost the rhythm,
but it’s under my ribs again.
Didn’t think I’d ever feel this,
but somehow I’m breathing different.
[Chorus – full R&B/garage fusion drop]
I’m somebody again,
not the shadow I was.
I’m more than the pain,
more than the dust.
I was fading away,
now I’m filling the frame —
every beat, every breath
calling out my name.
Somebody again,
somebody for real.
Didn’t think I’d return,
but here I am — healed.
[Verse 2 – hip-hop flow over trance pads]
I used to search for proof I mattered —
scroll, swipe, fall asleep empty.
Now the mirror sees me clearly,
like it wiped the fog off its memory.
I’m not perfect; I don’t need to be.
I’m present, loud, imperfectly free.
Every scar’s a barcode
telling the story of survival.
Every bruise is a beat
that kept time through the quiet.
You don’t get strong by winning —
you get strong by staying,
even when your whole world
tells you to disappear.
[Bridge – trance pads swell, whispered male vocal]
I thought the world forgot me,
but maybe I forgot myself first.
Maybe I had to break
to understand my worth.
Maybe the silence
was clearing space for sound.
Now every heartbeat
feels like being found.
[Chorus – reprise with harmonies + bassline lift]
I’m somebody again,
not the flicker I was.
I’m louder than doubt,
and softer than loss.
I was buried in quiet,
now I rise with a grin —
no more fading to nothing,
I’m somebody again.
[Outro – UKG drums fade into warm chords]
It’s strange how it happens…
one day you wake up
and the world finally knows your name —
because you finally do.
RobAfterdark