[Intro] Some names never make the credits Though they carried every scene If you helped me reach tomorrow Then I know what your name means [Verse 1] To the ones who left a porch light on And found a place where I could sleep Who made the couch and cleared a drawer When life had nowhere left for me To the ones who filled another plate And never made me earn the chair Who knew that hunger had a silence And put something warm there You may never know which evening Kept the whole world from going dark But I remember every shelter Every meal and every spark [Chorus] Thank you for the mana When my colors wouldn’t show Thank you for the miles When I had no way to go For the money lent or given For the lessons, hard and kind For believing in tomorrow When I couldn’t fund tonight Not every hand that reached for me Was reaching for a piece Some hands carried me through chaos Some hands carried me to peace [Verse 2] To the ones who turned the engine on And drove me one more county line Who waited through appointments And never counted down the time To the ones who slipped me twenty Or forgave what I still owed Who bought the gas, repaired the tire Helped me further down the road To the ones who shared their knowledge Who let me watch the way they worked Who told the truth when truth was useful Not to punish, not to hurt Some lessons came through tenderness Some showed me what must end Some people gave me shelter Some taught me to defend [Chorus] Thank you for the mana When my colors wouldn’t show Thank you for the miles When I had no way to go For the money lent or given For the lessons, hard and kind For reminding me of tomorrow When I couldn’t fund tonight Not every hand that reached for me Was reaching for a piece Some hands carried me through chaos Some hands carried me to peace [Bridge] I won’t name the private stories I won’t tally who was wrong This is not a public trial It’s the credits after the song Every room that gave me refuge Every coat against the cold Every friend who fed my body Every truth that helped me grow Every stranger who was gentle Every loved one who stayed near You are written in the person Who is finally standing here [Final Chorus] Thank you for the mana I can feel it in me still In the dream I kept alive In the life I’m going to build Thank you for the shelter For the patience and the rides For the ones who gave without demanding That I leave myself behind If you carried me with kindness You are written in this song The credits may be rolling But what you gave me carries on [Outro] Some names never make the credits Though they carried every scene If you helped me reach tomorrow You are somewhere here with me Somewhere here with me [Instrumental Break] [Spoken] Please stand by An unidentified transmission has entered the channel Origin unknown Message received We heard you asking for mana
