[Verse 1] I learned to walk through crowded rooms Without disturbing any air, A shadow underneath the lights, A name nobody learned to care. I smiled so no one had to ask What I was hiding underneath, While every word I never said Turned into stones inside of me. [Pre-Chorus] I kept waiting for a voice to call me back, For someone to notice when I disappeared. But silence was the only thing that stayed, The only thing that ever found me here. [Chorus] I’ve been invisible all my life, Standing in the open, still outside. I was waving both my hands While the whole world passed me by. I’ve been screaming without a sound, Lost where no one looks around. Tell me, how can I be breathing And still feel like I’m not alive? I’ve been invisible all my life. [Verse 2] I gave my heart in quiet ways, In every favor, every scar. I made myself so easy to need, But no one asked me who I was. They loved the things I did for them, The shelter I became at night, But when I needed someone near, There was nobody in sight. [Pre-Chorus] I kept hoping one day someone would remain, Not because they needed something I could give. Someone who could see beyond the face I wore And remind me I deserved a life to live. [Chorus] I’ve been invisible all my life, Standing in the open, still outside. I was waving both my hands While the whole world passed me by. I’ve been screaming without a sound, Lost where no one looks around. Tell me, how can I be breathing And still feel like I’m not alive? I’ve been invisible all my life. [Bridge] Maybe I was never empty, Maybe they just never looked. Maybe I was always worthy, Even when I felt forsaken. I am more than what they noticed, More than all they failed to see. I have spent my whole life waiting— Now I’m finally choosing me. [Breakdown] I won’t fade into the background. I won’t beg to be believed. I will speak until my own heart Recognizes me. [Final Chorus] I’ve been invisible all my life, But I’m stepping from the dark tonight. I’m not waving for permission, I’m not asking for a sign. I was screaming without a sound, Now my voice will shake the ground. I survived every lonely moment That convinced me I should hide. I’ve been invisible all my life— But I refuse to disappear tonight. [Outro] For the first time, I can see me. For the first time, I am mine. I was invisible all my life, But not tonight. No, not tonight.
