Before you call it crazy Remember, you never walked my streets I knew a kid named Danny from a street with no signs Sirens marking the hours at night He learned quick how to read a room By the way shoulders went tight in the light I grew up where the doors stayed shut Not from fear, just the way it was Different ground, same quiet math Learn what keeps you upright You call it broken I call it trained Depends where the lesson came We’re all a lost city Built in different years Some streets poured in concrete Some patched with secondhand fear You say I’m crazy I say you don’t know where I’ve walked Every mind’s a lost city Every heart gets lost Cindy was raised by a flickering porch light And a mother who drifted in and out Love showed up without warning Left her early, taught her how Mark grew up on a printed plan Every step already drawn So when he froze at an open door They said something in him was wrong You call it weakness I call it proof Depends who taught you truth We’re all a lost city Shaped by where we stood What looks wrong from your corner Was just doing what we could You say I’m crazy I say you don’t know the turns I was taught Every mind’s a lost city Every heart gets lost Some people learned to raise their voice Just to stay in the room Some learned silence keeps you safe If you choose it soon Some were born between calm days Some mid-collapse Some learned love is shelter Some learned how to lock it fast We’re all a lost city Maps worn thin by years What you call unstable Was how we stayed here You say I’m crazy I say you don’t know what it cost Every mind’s a lost city Every heart gets lost So before you call it crazy Before you turn away Remember You never walked these streets The way we had to stay
