The Dark I Kno version X

(Title: "The Dark I Know") (Verse 1) Four walls and a ceiling, that's my universe Shadows are my only friends, at least they don't make it worse They tell me I'm a problem, a project, a case Something to be fixed up, put back in its place I try to be the sunlight they keep asking to see But the light burns different when you're not meant to be free (Pre-Chorus) So I creep back to the corner where the darkness feels like home Where the silence understands me and I don't feel so alone 'Cause from here I see the doorway, I see everyone pass by And it hurts a little less when you're not forced to try (Chorus) Then a sunrise slipped in sideways through a crack beneath the door Not a blaze, just a whisper I'd never felt before It didn't shout or threaten, didn't tell me to be brave Just painted grace along the floor like an offering it gave And wrapped inside that glowing thread, a melody so sweet A song that found the part of me I'd long since stopped believing beat (Verse 2) I followed it on trembling legs out into the unknown And there you stood, the sunrise wearing skin and bone Your smile hit me first, soft, like morning on my face Then your voice came with the song, filling up the empty space You didn't ask for better, didn't beg me to be more You just sang right through the walls I'd been hiding behind before (Pre-Chorus) For a moment I was weightless, for a moment I was seen Like the shadows in the corner had forgotten what I'd been And I thought maybe this is it, maybe this is what they mean Maybe light can actually save a soul that's barely clean (Chorus) But a sunrise can't last forever, and the song had to end And the world came rushing back in with its "you need to transcend" "Be more than what they labeled you, be stronger, be so bright" But the pressure of becoming something crushed me in the night So I crept back to the corner where the darkness feels like home 'Cause from there I see the sunrise and I don't feel so alone (Bridge) You see, from the dark I see the doorway From the dark I see the light From the dark I watch the world go by Without demanding I join the fight It's the only place where I can breathe Where expectation doesn't scream Where I can love the sunrise Without becoming the dream (Verse 3) I tried to be the man they wanted, God knows I really tried I stretched and strained and broke myself just to match the light inside But every step toward brightness felt like walking through a flame And "be more than you are" started sounding like a game You can't win when the rules change depending on the day So I stopped playing altogether and I simply slipped away (Final Chorus) But I still watch for sunrises from the corner where I hide I still hear that melody echo somewhere deep inside I still see your smile cutting through the gloom A ghost of what could be, a promise in the room And maybe that's enough for now, maybe that's my part To love the light from shadows with a heavy, hopeful heart 'Cause from here I see the doorway, from here I see it all The beauty and the broken, the rise and then the fall And the dark is where I'll stay because it's the only place I'm free To love the sunrise without it ever needing me (Outro) From the dark I see everything From the dark I see everything From the dark I see... Everything