03 - Questions In Montreal

[Intro] City lights in the window Quiet room, crowded mind Everybody sees the future But she keeps looking behind [Verse 1] At the table they were smiling But she felt far away Every kind word had a shadow Every silence had a weight She had books and bright ambition She had people saying proud But inside her heart was asking Why her past was not allowed [Chorus] Who was I before this place Who first held my little face Who sang my name into the dawn And where did all my people go Who was I before this life Before the city, before the lights There is a question in my bones Calling me back home [Verse 2] They praised the life she carried They praised the path she made But no one knew the missing child Behind the smile she gave The city moved around her Like a river made of glass But every street kept asking What happened to your past [Chorus] Who was I before this place Who first held my little face Who sang my name into the dawn And where did all my people go Who was I before this life Before the city, before the lights There is a question in my bones Calling me back home [Bridge] Some wounds do not shout Some grief does not show Some children grow up quiet With nowhere safe to go But memory is patient It waits behind the door Until the heart gets brave enough To ask for something more [Final Chorus] Who was I before this place Who first held my little face Who sang my name into the dawn And where did all my people go Who was I before this life Before the city, before the lights There is a question in my bones Calling me back home [Outro] Montreal lights fade low Still the old winds blow Somewhere past what she was told Her first name waits to unfold