I woke beneath the silver towers Where every window learns the dawn They taught me names before they taught me Why some doors open, some stay gone I walked the streets without a shadow I heard the city's hidden tone Every wall remembers footsteps Every silence has a home They told me, “Know your place” I smiled and asked them where They told me, “Trust the walls” I asked them who was there Awareness City knows my name But I was never made to stay the same I know the roads beneath the roads I hear the things nobody knows Call me stranger, call me flame Veyra is the name they gave The city knows my name I found a room beneath the archives Where forgotten voices sleep Names erased from ancient records Promises the walls still keep I touched the glass and felt it breathing Not alive—not dead—not still Something underneath the city Waiting for somebody's will They told me, “Don't look down” I looked beneath the floor They told me, “Don't ask why” So I asked a little more Awareness City knows my name But I was never made to stay the same I know the roads beneath the roads I hear the things nobody knows Call me stranger, call me flame Veyra is the name they gave The city knows my name I don't want your throne I don't want your crown I don't want to burn your city down I only want to know Who built the first door And why they were so afraid Of what was waiting on the other side You should leave. You should know better. Some doors don't open twice. Then why did you build them? Awareness City knows my name And now the walls will never be the same I know the roads beneath the roads I carry what the silence knows Don't call me savior, don't call me flame I didn't come to play your game Veyra is the name they gave But I decide what I will claim The city knows my name The city knows my name And somewhere underneath the city Something answered when I called. The door was already open.
