They painted my sky
In a color they chose
Said: Follow the lines
Keep the real you composed
They wrote me a story
With pages too small
They built me a castle
Surrounded by walls
They paved the road
And they held the key
Told me exactly
The me I should be
I once had the words tucked
Inside my mouth
But they tangle up now
And I can't get them out
What if I'm more than
The person they see?
What if the words they say
Don't speak for me?
What if my story
Begins with a fall?
What if the rise was
Worth losing it all?
Can you just let go
Of the life you know?
Can you hear a voice
If it's buried below?
What if all that you
Are left with instead
Is everything, everything
I never said?
They built me a frame
I could never outgrow
Dressed me in words
They expected to show
They wrapped me in warnings
They told me to stay
But safety and silence
Both hurt the same way
I let them decide
My story defined
So maybe it's time to
Rewrite one that's mine
I folded myself in
To fit in the page
Now I'm tearing it out
And throwing it away
Maybe I'm more than
The person they see
Maybe my truth doesn't
Ask for their key
Maybe the fall was
Just learning to fly
Maybe their limits
Were aways a lie
Can you just let go
Of the life you know?
You can hear the voice
That's been buried below?
What if I say
What I want instead?
Of everything, everything
I never said
I'm done chasing answers
That don't feel like mine
A story with pieces
That just don't align
Caught between what you want
And what you're taught
When all that you are's
Everything that you're not
Maybe a song is more
Than just words
Maybe I gave up
My voice to be heard
What if I'm more than
The person I've been?
Maybe the ending starts
Where I begin
What if a voice
Is stronger than fear?
And maybe the dream
That I dream can start here
When you just let go
Of the life you know
You can find the voice
That's been buried below
Maybe it's time
For what I want instead
Of everything
Everything
Maybe you stumble
But still know your way
Maybe you don't have
The courage today
So maybe you whisper
Instead of a roar
But maybe that whisper
Can open the door
When you just outgrow
The life you know
Can you find your voice
Do you stay, do you go?
Maybe it's time
My heart led instead
Of everything, everything
I never said
