When Nobody Called Me

[Verse] When I was quiet left unseen A stranger in my own routine No knocks no texts no ringing phone A ghost forgotten on my own [Verse 2] Dusty mornings dreams left plain No one cared to ask my name But now my face is on the screen They act like they’ve always been keen [Chorus] Where were you when I was small When my voice didn’t echo at all Now my pages wear the fame Suddenly everyone knows my name [Verse 3] A book fair smile a camera's glare They reach for me from everywhere But these hands I knew would never stay When the spotlights dim away [Bridge] You've come back too late too grand Holding banners not my hand Let me write my quiet pain Your love’s applause feels so fake again [Verse 4] Give me silence over cheers The kind that held me through the years For I’ve learned now what’s true Loneliness taught me more than you