NOW I KNOW

© 2026 LADY L Thanks for listening! ************ The second that the walls came closing in I went out in the street, asked strangers where to begin Like they'd know Like anybody out there ever really knows A cigarette, a nod, a half-assed line or two But nothing that they gave me ever felt like truth Just more noise Out there in the faces of the crowd Everybody's reaching For something they can't name — I was too Thought someone else could tell me who I am If I just asked enough I thought I knew I thought I knew I kept picking up pieces that were never mine Someone else's wisdom, someone else's light Not mine to hold, not mine to call my own Every voice I leaned on dragged me further out Further from myself, buried in the sound Still couldn't sleep Out there in the faces of the crowd Everybody's reaching For something they can't name — I was too Thought someone else could tell me who I am If I just asked enough I thought I knew I thought I knew Then the water caught me off guard one day Still and cold and quiet in the early grey And I saw my face All the questions I'd been carrying around Every borrowed word just breaking down Then the voice I'd been avoiding came through It always knew Now I know Now I know 'Cause now I know