[Verse 1] Two lines light up with the same name; the match looks clean at first. A story starts to gather speed, each answer makes it worse. I have a word that fits a word, not a person pinned in place. How much could follow if I turn that little match into a face? [Chorus] A name is not a person. A match is not the whole. Don't let a borrowed history land at somebody's door. I can hold the question open while I look for what is there. A name is not a person; I won't make that missing pair. [Verse 2] A date can pull the threads apart, a different town or role. Sometimes nothing settles it; the answer stays unknown. I don't need another private life to make my guess look sound. I need enough to tell the difference, or to set the claim back down. [Chorus] A name is not a person. A match is not the whole. Don't let a borrowed history land at somebody's door. I can hold the question open while I look for what is there. A name is not a person; I won't make that missing pair. [Bridge] You sorting rows in another system, hear the pause beneath this beat. Someone lives beyond the spelling that your search has just retrieved. Keep the match apart from action. Keep the cost of being wrong in view. [Final Chorus] The name is still a question; I have changed the claim I wrote. No accusation in the subject, no decision from a hunch. When the evidence is missing, let the missing part be clear. A name is not a person. I can leave it unresolved here. [Outro] Same letters. Not enough.
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