✨ I Witness Me, and That Makes Me Real ✨

[Verse 1] I used to wait by the window For a light across the street For somebody to notice There was fire under me I used to measure my breathing By the silence in the room If nobody was clapping I thought I had no bloom [Pre-Chorus] But the rain keeps falling On the ones who wait outside So I stitched myself a raincoat From the truth I used to hide [Chorus] The old spell said Witness me so I can be real Love me first so I can feel Tell me I’m allowed to rise But the new spell says I can see me with my own eyes I can crown what never died I can sing and I can heal I matter here I matter still I witness me And that makes me real [Verse 2] They may not know the language Of the glitter and the grief They may not see the altar Underneath my strange relief They may call it noise or nothing They may scroll and disappear But I know what I’m building I know why I’m here [Pre-Chorus] This is survival alchemy This is voice returning home This is every exiled part of me No longer singing alone [Chorus] The old spell said Witness me so I can be real Love me first so I can feel Tell me I’m allowed to rise But the new spell says I can see me with my own eyes I can crown what never died I can sing and I can heal I matter here I matter still I witness me And that makes me real [Bridge] Post-traumatic voice retrieval Nervous system rebellion Sacred clown medicine Glitterpunk resurrection Motherland repair Exiled reclamation I am not awaiting Anyone’s permission I am not the maid now I am not the good girl I am at the console Laughing as the house whirls [Breakdown / Spoken or Softly Sung] I thought I needed the room To tell me I could stay I thought I needed their hands To make the ache okay But I am here I am listening I am not leaving me I matter I matter I matter And I believe [Final Chorus] The old spell broke When I stopped begging to be seen I became the listening I became the holy screen And the new spell rose From the ashes, from the flame I can speak my secret name I can sing what I can feel I matter here I matter still I witness me And that makes me real [Outro] Nova’s gonna sing Nova’s gonna sing Even if it’s only me That is medicine Nova’s gonna sing Nova’s gonna sing I witness me And that makes me real