I walk a step behind my name Like I’m late inside the frame I know the truth I try to hide But I still doubt every side I count the seconds before I speak I measure how much space I take Afraid to lose, afraid to choose Afraid of what I might awake There’s a sound I recognize In the quiet of my mind Telling me to stay unseen To fall in line, to fall behind I speak lower than my voice Even when I know the choice I fade into borrowed light Just to make my silence right I stop before I try to run I doubt the race before it’s won I trust the road, I trust the noise Just not the weight of my own voice I see them move without restraint Like fear was never in their way I play the role, I hold the line But I’m breaking out of sight I know my worth when I’m alone When no one’s counting every breath But under eyes, my courage bends And confidence slips into depth I learned to shrink to stay in place To call it calm, to call it grace But every time I hold it in I give my fear another face I speak lower than my voice Even when I know the choice I fade into borrowed light Just to make my silence right I stop before I try to run I doubt the race before it’s won I trust the road, I trust the noise Just not the weight of my own voice What if I let the image fall The careful mask, the perfect wall What if I stand without defense And trade control for consequence Not strong, not sure, not made of stone Just standing here, just standing on my own I speak lower than my voice But I’m done dodging every choice I step outside the borrowed light Let my doubt breathe into fight I still hesitate, it’s true But now I move, not passing through I trust the road, I trust the noise And I begin to trust my voice If I’ve been quiet all this time It doesn’t mean I had no sound Maybe my voice was only waiting For solid ground
