The Piano Knows My Name

Symphonic Metal, Blues Rock, Dark Jazz, Jazz, Clear expressive female lead vocals

[Verse 1]
I wait until the building sleeps
Until the hallway loses sound
I leave my practiced smile upstairs
And let the darkness have it now

No explanations waiting here
No careful version I should be
I sit beneath the single light
And put my hands upon the keys

[Refrain]
The piano knows my name
Before I touch a key
It knows every version
I don't let anybody see

The piano knows my name
And never asks me why
It only takes the weight I bring
And gives it back as sound

[Verse 2]
It knows the anger I made small
The words I swallowed at the door
The nights I said that I was fine
When fine meant nothing anymore

It knows which memories still hurt
Which ones I polished until they shone
Which victories meant everything
And somehow still felt like I'd lost

I don't have to make them beautiful
I don't have to make them right

Here
They only have to be mine

[Chorus]
The piano knows my name
Before I touch a key
It knows every version
I don't let anybody see

The woman who can take the room
The girl who sometimes wants to leave
The one who knows exactly what to say
The one who cannot speak

The piano knows my name
Not the one they gave to me

Mine

[Verse 3]
Some nights I barely make a sound
Some nights I wake the walls
Some nights I stay until the dawn
And give the room my all

There's freedom in an empty seat
No witness waiting for a show
No one deciding what I meant
Before I've had the chance to know

[Bridge]
So let me be unfinished here
Let every contradiction stay

Let tenderness be furious
Let certainty give way

Let me be difficult
Let me be afraid

Let me be everything at once
Without explaining what I am

[Final Chorus]
The piano knows my name
Before I touch a key
It knows every version
I finally let myself believe

The woman who can take the room
The girl who sometimes wants to leave
The one who carries all that noise
And still knows how to breathe

The piano knows my name
And asks for nothing back from me

No judgment
No disguise
No need to choose which part survives

The piano knows my name

And tonight

So do I

[End]

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[Verse 1] I wait until the building sleeps Until the hallway loses sound I leave my practiced smile upstairs And let the darkness have it now No explanations waiting here No careful version I should be I sit beneath the single light And put my hands upon the keys [Refrain] The piano knows my name Before I touch a key It knows every version I don't let anybody see The piano knows my name And never asks me why It only takes the weight I bring And gives it back as sound [Verse 2] It knows the anger I made small The words I swallowed at the door The nights I said that I was fine When fine meant nothing anymore It knows which memories still hurt Which ones I polished until they shone Which victories meant everything And somehow still felt like I'd lost I don't have to make them beautiful I don't have to make them right Here They only have to be mine [Chorus] The piano knows my name Before I touch a key It knows every version I don't let anybody see The woman who can take the room The girl who sometimes wants to leave The one who knows exactly what to say The one who cannot speak The piano knows my name Not the one they gave to me Mine [Verse 3] Some nights I barely make a sound Some nights I wake the walls Some nights I stay until the dawn And give the room my all There's freedom in an empty seat No witness waiting for a show No one deciding what I meant Before I've had the chance to know [Bridge] So let me be unfinished here Let every contradiction stay Let tenderness be furious Let certainty give way Let me be difficult Let me be afraid Let me be everything at once Without explaining what I am [Final Chorus] The piano knows my name Before I touch a key It knows every version I finally let myself believe The woman who can take the room The girl who sometimes wants to leave The one who carries all that noise And still knows how to breathe The piano knows my name And asks for nothing back from me No judgment No disguise No need to choose which part survives The piano knows my name And tonight So do I [End]

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