[Verse 1] They print my face beside the weather Strangers know the coat I wore A hundred hands pull me together I leave one name outside the door [Pre-Chorus] In the dressing room, the bulbs burn white I practice looking like a life [Chorus] Who am I when the cameras close? A borrowed grin in borrowed clothes They raise a glass to someone made I watch him wave from the parade If every voice repeats my name Why does it sound so far away? [Verse 2] My mother keeps the kitchen radio Low enough to hear the rain She asks if I am eating slowly I say I’m fine and change the frame [Pre-Chorus] The headline calls me fearless, bright I lose my keys beneath the light [Chorus] Who am I when the cameras close? A borrowed grin in borrowed clothes They raise a glass to someone made I watch him wave from the parade If every voice repeats my name Why does it sound so far away? [Bridge] Take off the tailored silhouette The practiced laugh, the public debt Leave me the scar beneath the sleeve The quiet thing that still believes No crowd, no lens, no gilded room Just one small pulse I can call home [Final Chorus] Who am I when the cameras close? Not the mask, not the afterglow Let every polished stranger fade I’ll meet the face I kept backstage If every voice forgets my name Maybe I can hear myself again [Outro] The house goes dark, the curtains breathe A truer face comes back to me
