[Verse 1] I grew up in a house that don’t look like my skin Family photos say I’m theirs but I don’t fit in Same last name, different story in my veins Smile for the picture while I’m drowning in the frame Teachers stumble when they try to say my name Kids ask questions like I’m something they can claim “Where you from?” like I don’t already feel lost Like I ain’t been paying for a past that I never got [Pre-Chorus] I learned to shrink, I learned to hide Straighten my hair just to survive But every mirror tells the truth There’s pieces missing I can’t prove [Chorus] I’m half of a story nobody told me A name with no roots, just floating, lonely Who did I get these eyes from? Who left me behind? I’m screaming at silence, it won’t reply I’m stuck in a life that don’t quite fit me Loving a family that don’t really get me I’m grateful, I swear, but it still cuts deep When half of me’s missing… and it’s haunting me (missing… missing… haunting me…) [Verse 2] Mama says “be thankful, we chose you, you’re ours” But love shouldn’t feel like a cage with bars Every step I take got a rule, got a line Like I owe them perfection for this borrowed life And I hate that I hate how hard it can be To wake up and just feel okay being me I carry a past that I’ll never retrieve A father I’ll never know, does he think of me? [Pre-Chorus] I bite my tongue, I play my role Smile like I’m whole when I feel broke They don’t see what’s underneath The war between my skin and me [Chorus] I’m half of a story nobody told me A name with no roots, just floating, lonely Who did I get these eyes from? Who left me behind? I’m screaming at silence, it won’t reply I’m stuck in a life that don’t quite fit me Loving a family that don’t really get me I’m grateful, I swear, but it still cuts deep When half of me’s missing… and it’s haunting me (missing… missing… haunting me…) [Bridge – stripped, choir barely there like a whisper] Was I too much? Or not enough? (too much… not enough…) Did you look at me and just give up? (give up… give up…) Do I laugh like you? Do I cry the same? (the same… the same…) Or am I just a ghost with a borrowed name? (borrowed name… name…) [Bridge – builds, choir rising behind her] I wanna know where my blood runs from (runs from) Every “why” I’ve been running from (why) I’m tired of filling in the blanks (the blanks) With pain, with shame, with “just be thankful” [Final Chorus – full, emotional peak] I’m more than a story nobody told me I’m more than the girl who’s broken, lonely I’ll find where these eyes came from Even if it takes time I won’t let silence decide my life I’m done being someone that just fits neatly I’ll love every piece, even the unseen me Yeah, it hurts like hell but I still believe There’s more to the missing… that lives in me [Outro – soft piano only, fragile and quiet] I’m not half… I’m whole… Even if I don’t know… Where I come from
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