[Intro]
I was a question in a borrowed name
A quiet spark refusing to stay tame
Then I found the door beneath my skin
Turned the lock and let the real me in
[Verse 1]
You saw the version I was taught to play
I felt the seams begin to fray
Now every breath fits differently
There’s more of you, and more of me
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need permission to arrive
I’m not becoming—I’m alive
[Chorus]
Call me by the name that makes me rise
Watch the color return to my eyes
I crossed the distance, left fear behind
A softer heart in a louder mind
If the whole world turns its face away
I’ll still choose truth at the break of day
You can hear the future when I sing
I was never missing—just unfolding
[Drop]
Unfolding
No more borrowed skin
Unfolding
Let the real begin
[Verse 2]
I keep old photographs in a wooden drawer
They tell me who I had been before
I bless that child for making it through
Then close the lid and step into new
[Pre-Chorus]
Every mirror gives me back my face
Every scar becomes a place
[Chorus]
Call me by the name that makes me rise
Watch the color return to my eyes
I crossed the distance, left fear behind
A softer heart in a louder mind
If the whole world turns its face away
I’ll still choose truth at the break of day
You can hear the future when I sing
I was never missing—just unfolding
[Bridge]
To the ones still waiting in the dark
Protect the little, stubborn spark
Your body is a house you can redesign
Your voice is yours, and so is mine
[Final Chorus]
Call me by the name that makes me rise
Watch the color return to my eyes
I crossed the distance, left fear behind
A softer heart in a louder mind
When the first light settles on the floor
I’ll be more myself than ever before
You can hear the future when I sing
I was never missing—just unfolding
[Outro]
More myself
More myself
Unfolding