I used to think I was a signal lost inside the noise the only one still speaking in a language without a voice Then I found my own reflection in a crowd I thought was mine I thought we’d burn the same way turns out we don’t align I drew a map from wanting painted every street one truth but nobody stays inside the lines not me, not you Same skin, different weather same names, different fire I thought we’d move together but we pull on different wires I thought we’d all remember what it costs to be unseen but I’m learning even mirrors don’t agree on what they mean I met myself in pieces in voices I didn’t expect some held the door wide open some left me on the step And I don’t know how to carry this weather in my chest how the ones who know survival can forget the rest I don’t want to make it simple draw the old lines back again but I can feel the distance in the banners we defend Same skin, different weather same names, different fire I thought we’d move together but we pull on different wires I thought we’d all remember what it costs to be unseen but I’m learning even mirrors don’t agree on what they mean Maybe I made a chapel out of what I hoped we were maybe I mistook surviving for the same kind of cure And I still don’t have an answer that doesn’t break in two I only know I’m still learning how to stand beside you Same skin, different weather same hurt, different name I thought it would get clearer but nothing stays the same I thought we’d all remember what it costs to be unseen now I’m living in the distance between who we are and who we mean _________________________ Original Lyrics by Mickey Wilder. © All rights reserved.
