Verse 1 I came in wide-eyed, carrying light Hands still open from somewhere bright Before I learned what love could cost Before the map of me was crossed You said be quiet, be good, be small So I built my room inside your walls Folded my fire, hid the flame Learned how to answer to another name Pre-Chorus If I survive, I disappear If I appear, I lose you here Chorus I was a child of light in a borrowed room Turning my pulse into something you’d approve Built a shelter out of your tone Made your silence my backbone But underneath the roles I wore There’s still that knock behind the door Calling me home Calling me home Verse 2 I watched your eyes to find my face Measured my worth by your embrace Every “almost” every “not yet” Taught my heart to self-correct So I grew sharp, I grew wise Carried the weather behind my eyes Strong enough not to need a hand Weak enough not to make demands Pre-Chorus If I’m too much, you turn away So I edit what I say Chorus I was a child of light in a borrowed room Turning my pulse into something you’d approve Built a shelter out of your tone Made your silence my backbone But underneath the roles I wore There’s still that knock behind the door Calling me home Calling me home Bridge What if the wound was just a seam Where heaven stitched me into skin? What if the ache I learned to hide Is where the real life’s trying to begin? I don’t have to earn the air Don’t have to shrink to keep you there The room can break The light won’t bend Final Chorus I’m still that child of living flame Not your mirror, not your shame Breaking shelter, leaving proof My heartbeat doesn’t need your roof I hear the knock, I turn the key The sanctuary is in me Calling me home Calling me home I’m coming home
