[Verse 1] They kept the gates chained Said “this path ain’t yours” Turned my hunger into handcuffs Turned each question into doors Every rule a loaded trap Every favor came with threats Had to learn to read the silence Just to keep my pulse My breath [Chorus] I don’t want to be forgotten I won’t let my name fade out Every scar I’ve carried here Is the proof I made it out I was never just a shadow I’m the mark that time can’t trace I don’t want to be forgotten I won’t I won’t be erased [Verse 2] Every shortcut was a knife edge Every “help” was just a cage Had to smuggle little freedoms Past their watchful Watching gaze They threw walls across my future Tried to cancel what I am But I bent those bars like branches Till they snapped inside my hands [Chorus] I don’t want to be forgotten I won’t let my name fade out Every scar I’ve carried here Is the proof I made it out I was never just a shadow I’m the mark that time can’t trace I don’t want to be forgotten I won’t I won’t be erased [Bridge] When they write their version of the story Will they paint me as a flaw? (oh no) I’ll be standing in the margins Writing over every law [Chorus] I don’t want to be forgotten I won’t let my name fade out Every scar I’ve carried here Is the proof I made it out I was never just a shadow I’m the mark that time can’t trace I don’t want to be forgotten I won’t I won’t be erased I won’t I won’t be erased
