Do You See Me?

I wake up with the city before the sun

Cardboard pillow, day already begun

People pass like I’m part of the street

Eyes straight ahead, never at my feet

I’ve learned how to disappear in plain sight

A shadow at noon, invisible at night

Got a name, got a story, got a past

But most folks only see me as a moment they pass

Pre-Chorus

I’m not asking for saving

I’m just asking for space

To be more than a problem

More than a face

Chorus

Do you see me, or just look away?

Do you hear me when I don’t know what to say?

I’m not broken beyond repair

I’m still human, I’m still here

I don’t need you to fix my life tonight

Just meet my eyes, treat me right

Before you move on, before you leave

Just tell me—do you see me?

Verse 2

I had dreams once, same as you

Had a job, had love, had plans too

Life hit hard, and I missed a step

One wrong turn, then another one left

They say I chose this road, but they don’t know

How fast the ground falls out below

How pride gets heavy when help feels small

How silence can be the hardest fall

Pre-Chorus

If you knew my name

If you knew my pain

Would you still walk past me

All the same?

Chorus

Do you see me, or just look away?

Do you hear me when I don’t know what to say?

I’m not broken beyond repair

I’m still human, I’m still here

I don’t need your answers or your advice

Just a little mercy, a little light

Before you move on, before you leave

Just tell me—do you see me?

Bridge (Spoken or sung, quiet and powerful)

I see myself in the glass of your windows

I look just like you on a harder road

I’m somebody’s child, somebody’s prayer

Somebody God still calls “beloved”

If love is real, let it show

In the smallest kindness you know

Bridge (Build)

When you serve me, you serve the King

That’s what I heard the preacher say

So maybe this cup, this meal, this smile

Is heaven touching earth today

Final Chorus (Lifted, hopeful)

Now I see You when You look at me

Not with fear, not with charity

But with dignity, with holy grace

Like You see God in my face

You didn’t turn, you didn’t leave

You slowed your step, you chose to see

And for the first time in a long, long while

I remembered—I’m alive

Outro (Soft)

You don’t know what your kindness did

But tonight, I’m seen…

And that’s how hope begins