Remember Me

I was young when the room got colder I learned to smile and not ask why Kept my dreams under my shoulder Like a coat I could not dry There were names I still remember There were doors I never closed There were hands I reached for slowly But they let me walk alone And I know I’ve changed But I was not born this way I was soft once Before the world had words to say Remember me Before I learned to hide Before I held my breath Just to stay alive Remember me When I could still believe I am not the shadow That you think you see Do you know how silence gathers When nobody asks your name How a heart can keep on beating And still never feel the same I don’t need you to save me I don’t need you to agree I just need one quiet moment Where you look and you see me And I know I’ve changed But some things still remain There’s a child here Still standing in the rain Remember me Before I learned to hide Before I held my breath Just to stay alive Remember me When I could still believe I am not the shadow That you think you see Don’t turn me into stories Don’t dress me up in blame Don’t say you know the ending When you never knew the pain I am more than what I carry More than what I could not say If you loved me for a season Could you love me through the change Remember me Before I learned to hide Before I held my breath Just to stay alive Remember me There’s still a light in me I am not the shadow That you think you see