**[Verse 1 - Female]** If I never touched the earth, You would know my name Before I saw the light, You had numbered my days Every road I would walk, every turn I would know Every word in my chest before I let it go Friends hadn't met me, family never knew Still I was seen, still known by You Before my existence, before my first spark You saw every part of me there in the dark **[Chorus - Female]** If the world never knew me, You'd still know my name If time never found me, You would stay the same Am I just a shadow that fades in the breeze? No, I was known before the world ever noticed me **[Verse 2 - Male Rap]** Every laugh that I gave, every tear that I dried Every road that I took, every time that I tried I thought it was proof, leaving marks in the time Some rhythm, some reason, some trace that was mine Maybe life keeps moving, maybe crowds don't care Maybe names disappear like smoke in the air But I don't need an echo to prove I was here You knew every day before one had appeared I thought being seen was the proof I belonged Maybe I was asking the question all wrong **[Chorus - Female]** If the world never knew me, You'd still know my name If time never found me, You would stay the same Am I just a shadow that fades in the breeze? No, I was known before the world ever noticed me **[Bridge - Female]** Erase my name... erase my face... You would still know me in every place No sound... no crowd... no echo to keep Still You knew me before I could speak **[Male Rap - Short]** Before the footprints, before the proof Before I had anything here to lose Before a memory carried my name You knew me then You know me the same **[Final Chorus - Female]** If the world never knew me, You'd still know my name If time never found me, You would stay the same I'm not just a shadow that fades in the breeze I was known before the world ever noticed me **[Outro - Female]** Before the footprints... Before the sound... Before the world ever knew me You knew me.
