Verse 1
I learned how to smile on cue
Say the things I was supposed to
Keep the room calm, keep love near
Even if I disappeared
Every compromise felt small
Till I couldn’t feel me at all
I was present, I was praised
But I was slowly erased
Pre-Chorus
Truth kept knocking under my skin
Soft at first — then loud within
Chorus
I went missing in my own life
Dressed in peace, drowning inside
Played the part till the part played me
Gave away my identity
But a whisper survived the fall —
“You’re not gone… not gone at all”
From the ashes of silent years
I came back — and I’m standing here
Verse 2
I called surrender being strong
Called self-betrayal “getting along”
Poured my voice down the drain of grace
Left my fire with no trace
Love without truth is a velvet cage
Comfort can be a quiet stage
Where you bow and fade from view
While they applaud a ghost of you
Pre-Chorus
But the soul don’t die on command
It writes its name across the sand
Chorus
I went missing in my own life
Dressed in calm, cut by compromise
Spoke in yes when my heart said no
That’s how the deepest wounds don’t show
But the echo refused to fall —
“You’re still here… you’re still whole”
Through the smoke and the disappeared
I came back — and I’m standing here
Bridge (big lift)
No more shrinking to be loved
No more trading breath for blood
If I stand alone — I stand true
That’s a price I’ll gladly do
I would rather shake than sleep
Rather burn than slowly weep
Final Chorus (full power)
I was missing — now I’m alive
No more burying my inside
No more silence dressed as grace
No more vanishing without a trace
Hear me now — clear and strong —
I was lost but I was never gone
From the fire, from the fear —
I am back — and I am here
Outro (soft, piano only)
Call my name —
I answer now.
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