Verse 1 – [Adult] I remember walking down that hill Like a ghost inside my skin Carrying a heart wide open Not knowing what I’d step in I still hear the sound of laughter Fading slowly up that road Like the world just kept on turning While I shattered all alone ⸻ Verse 2 – (little girl soft, fragile) I saw you… You were coming close to me So I smiled… Thought you’d stop and see I called your name But you walked away Did you not hear me? ⸻ Pre-Chorus – [Adult] That was the moment everything changed The day I learned to disappear ⸻ Chorus – [a little girl + Adult together] (little girl) Can you see me? I’m right here Calling out but no one hears [Adult] I was breaking I was small Learning not to feel at all (Together adault female duet with a little girl) In the silence, in the sand I let go of who I am Invisible… Invisible… ⸻ Verse 3 – [Adult] There was a swing that held the evening While the sky turned cold and gray Hours buried in the shadows While the child in me decayed Mama gone and fear at home No safe place to run or hide So I built my walls in silence And locked that girl inside ⸻ Verse 4 – (little girl) I’m still here… On this swing… Drawing circles endlessly… Why does no one Look my way? Why am I alone today? Bridge (builds, emotional explosion) [Adult] Years of silence Years of stone Living like I’m not my own (little girl) (echoing) Don’t leave me… Don’t let go… [Adult] Then a voice cut through the dark “You were never alone.” Breakdown (quiet → powerful) [Adult] I found the door I sealed in pain [the little girl) Are you me? [Adult] Yes… and I came back for you ⸻ Final Chorus (huge, healing) (The little girl voice) Can you see me? [Adult] I see you now (The little girl voice) Will you stay here? [Adult] I won’t leave you (Together. Duet with adult female and a little girl) You were never invisible Even in your darkest night Every tear you cried in silence Was a fight to reach the light From the swing into the dawn From the pain into the soul You were never meant to vanish You were always whole. Outro (soft, emotional) (a little girl voice) Will you stay? [Adult] Always.
