Beneath the Borrowed Skin

[Verse 1]
I count the rooms I never entered
Names I carried, names I shed
Every answer grows a question
Turning circles in my head

I keep a notebook by the kettle
Maps of places I outgrew
Cross out every promised version
Leave one honest line for you

[Pre-Chorus]
If I stop, what will I hear?
If I win, what disappears?

[Chorus]
Who am I when no one needs a reason?
Who am I beneath the borrowed skin?
I keep climbing through the changing seasons
Just to find the door was locked within
Call my name, call my name
Let the old disguise fall down
Call my name, call my name
I am still becoming now

[Verse 2]
There’s a photograph in the hallway
Me at nine with scuffed-up knees
He believed the world was larger
Than the things that frightened me

Now I trade my days for numbers
Trade my sleep for being seen
But the child inside the frame asks
Is this all you meant to be?

[Pre-Chorus]
If I’m more, why do I hide?
If I’m free, what holds the tide?

[Chorus]
Who am I when no one needs a reason?
Who am I beneath the borrowed skin?
I keep climbing through the changing seasons
Just to find the door was locked within
Call my name, call my name
Let the old disguise fall down
Call my name, call my name
I am still becoming now

[Bridge]
Lower the room, let the pulse remain
Put every title down like a chain
No grand reveal, no perfect proof
Just my two feet on an unfinished truth

[Final Chorus]
Who am I when no one needs a reason?
Who am I beneath the borrowed skin?
I stop running from the changing seasons
Turn the handle, let the daylight in
Call my name, call my name
Let the old disguise fall down
Call my name, call my name
I am still becoming now
I am still becoming now

[Outro]
One honest line
One open door
I don’t need to be somebody more