[Verse 1] I learned the words before I knew what any of them meant. I wore the life they handed me and called it confidence. I said the lines they gave me, rehearsed them till they fit. I never missed a single one — I was good at it. [Pre-Chorus] I wasn't lost, I wasn't weak. I just got used to letting others speak. [Chorus] I never lost my voice — I spent it singing somebody else's song. I sang it perfectly. I sang it far too long. And every note is mine even when it comes out wrong. I never lost my voice. I only lost the song. [Verse 2] I chased the goals that looked like mine because they fit so well. You can live a borrowed life and no one ever tells. They loved the way I played along, they called it being strong. Nobody sees you vanish when you vanish where you belong. [Pre-Chorus] I wasn't lost, I wasn't blind. I just kept leaving my own words behind. [Chorus] I never lost my voice — I spent it singing somebody else's song. I sang it perfectly. I sang it far too long. And every note is mine even when it comes out wrong. I never lost my voice. I only lost the song. [Bridge] Some people won't know who I am when I stop sounding like their plan. I'll miss them. They'll miss me — or maybe just the version that was easier to believe. [Final Chorus] I never lost my voice. It waited underneath the noise. A little rough, no longer young, not what they came to hear. And every note is mine. I don't need to prove I'm strong. I never lost my voice — I just stopped singing everybody else's song. [Outro] This is my voice. Not the best one. Not for everyone. It's just the first that ever sounded like me.
