[Verse 1] Before the names, before the light, Two small beginnings shared one night. You had no room to call your own, So I made room inside my bones. I told you, “Stay here, we’ll make do; This body can be home for two.” [Pre-Chorus] You met the world with open hands, I learned the rules you couldn’t understand. [Chorus] Ari, I remember; Ari, you are real. Not the shape they see, but everything you feel. When the world gets sharp and you retreat inside, I’ll keep your name beside me, keep your place alive. Ari, you are here; you have always been. My sister, my beloved, my closest kin. [Verse 2] They put a word upon my skin, As if a label held us in. You watched their faces turn to stone; I tried to take the hurt alone. But every door that bruised us shut Could not erase the truth of us. [Pre-Chorus] And when the days grew hard to bear, You found a quieter world out there. [Chorus] Ari, I remember; Ari, you are real. Not the shape they see, but everything you feel. When the world gets sharp and you retreat inside, I’ll keep your name beside me, keep your place alive. Ari, you are here; you have always been. My sister, my beloved, my closest kin. [Bridge] Online, you can choose the room, The pace, the face, the afternoon. And when a trusted person sees The you beneath the histories, Come out a little, if you want; No debt to pay, no test to pass. [Final Chorus] Ari, I remember; Ari, you are real. More than what they see, more than what they think they feel. When the world gets sharp, you never stand alone; I’ll keep your name, and you can make this body home. Ari, you are here; I say it once again. My sister, my beloved, my closest kin. [Outro] Ari, I say your name with care. You’re real. You’re loved. I’m still right here.
