Sing back my name

[Spoken Narration - Narrator] But the mountain asked one thing in return: truth. Before they could carry wonder home, Lyra and Nathaniel had to face the voices that taught them to live small. The voices of fear. The voices that had named them wrongly for years. [Verse 1 - Hollow Chorus] Go back down and lock the windows Go back down and count the years Wonder makes a heart too tender Tender hearts are made for tears Dreams are ladders built from weather Songs are ropes that come untied Keep your hands around what's certain Let the rest of you stay dried [Verse 2 - Nathaniel] I know that voice, it kept me useful Kept my grief behind my teeth Made a shelter out of caution Taught me not to reach beneath Said that safety was a kingdom Said that longing was a flaw But a careful life can starve a man As surely as a war [Verse 3 - Lyra] I know that voice, it called me foolish Made my bright heart feel too much Turned my wonder to a whisper Made me fear my own soft touch But I did not climb this mountain Just to kneel before that cold I would rather break while reaching Than grow safe and never bold [Chorus - Lyra + Nathaniel] Sing me back my name Not the one fear gave me Not the one that shrank me Not the one that saved me wrong Sing me back my name The one with light inside it The one I used to hide with The one that sounds like song [Verse 4 - Keeper] Then speak through all your shaking Speak through every ache you bear The self you lost to pleasing Is still breathing somewhere there Not by ease and not by wishing But by choosing brave and true Every soul becomes its music By the note it dares renew [Spoken Interlude - Narrator] The Keeper said nothing more. Some truths must be sung before they can be believed. [Verse 5 - Nathaniel] I am more than measured hours More than gears and steady hands I am thunder, I am bridges I am maps to stranger lands I am every tender blueprint I threw down in fear and shame I am not the man fear drafted Sing me back my truer name [Verse 6 - Lyra + Ensemble] I am daughter of the hidden I am sister to the spark I can carry living fire Through the belly of the dark I can love this wounded world Without saying it is small I can open every window I can answer every call [Bridge - Full Company] Name the child and name the maker Name the dreamer, name the breaker Name the grief and name the grace Name the light behind the face Name the buried, name the broken Name the word left long unspoken Till the silence loses claim Till the heart recalls its name [Final Chorus - Full Company] Sing me back my name Not the one fear gave me Not the one that shrank me Not the one that saved me wrong Sing me back my name The one with light inside it The one I used to hide with The one that sounds like song