[Verse 1] I wake beneath a borrowed name Pinned to a room with painted flames The curtain shakes, the actors grin Someone outside is calling in [Pre-Chorus] I touch the glass, it gives no sound A paper kingdom all around If every face is part of the scene Tell me what remains of me [Chorus] I exist, even when the lights go out I exist, underneath the practiced doubt Everything else is just theatre Every promise dressed in borrowed weather I exist, say it till the walls desist I am more than the part life cast me in [Verse 2] The floorboards know my private steps The script has crossed out what comes next A painted door, a hollow key Still I walk through what's given to me [Pre-Chorus] The crowd applauds a perfect line Confetti falls like questions from the sky I lose the mask, I lose the scene And find a pulse beneath the machinery [Chorus] I exist, even when the lights go out I exist, underneath the practiced doubt Everything else is just theatre Every promise dressed in borrowed weather I exist, say it till the walls desist I am more than the part life cast me in [Bridge] Take the velvet, take the frame Take the hand that signed my name If the world is only painted air I will leave my fingerprints there No grand finale, no decree No one gets to edit me [Instrumental] [Final Chorus] I exist, even when the lights go out I exist, louder than the practiced doubt Everything else is just theatre All the masks collapse together I exist, say it till the walls desist I am more than the part life cast me in I exist, I exist When the stage is gone, I still persist [Outro] The curtain falls, the room turns bare I take one breath and meet myself there
