[Verse 1] I learned to stay quiet when someone called my name. To leave a light burning so I wouldn't feel alone. I was afraid of closed doors, but more afraid of open ones. 'Cause behind certain rooms you never know who you'll become. And I left behind more than I remember. A photograph, a voice, a day I can't find anymore. [Pre-Chorus] If you come looking for me, don't follow my footsteps. They might not be mine. [Chorus] I am what remains when everything is taken away. The voice inside an empty room, the breath after goodbye. And if you don't recognize me tomorrow, don't say that I have gone. Maybe I stayed right here, only in a shape you don't know how to see. [Verse 2] There's a place I know but don't remember seeing. I know every window, every hallway, every sound in the dark. Sometimes I hear someone crying. Sometimes I think it's my voice. I open my eyes and no one is there. But the pillow is still warm. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe memory was never meant to remember. Maybe it's only there to choose what we forget. [Chorus] I am what remains when everything is taken away. A hand against the glass, a name without a home. And if you don't recognize me tomorrow, look at me one moment longer. Don't look for who I was. Look for who I am when no one is watching. [Bridge – almost spoken] They told me, "Don't be afraid." But they never told me what I should fear. Maybe the night. Maybe myself. Maybe the day I finally remember. [Final Chorus] I am what remains when even memory dies. I'm not the woman you were looking for, I'm not the one you lost. I'm the voice inside the room, I'm the door you left open. And if I say your name, it doesn't mean I remember you. It only means you remember me. [Outro – whispered] Don't cry. I haven't disappeared. I'm still here.
