[Verse 1] The wind blows without knowing Past the fence and the fig tree The plant stands there and leans Like it remembers me I too live without knowing Still I know that I live A small flame in a body With more to lose than give [Pre-Chorus] But will I know I’m living Or only know the word? Will my name be a door Or just the sound I heard? [Chorus] Who am I? Who am I? A breath that cannot stay (Who am I?) Who am I? Who am I? A line of clay and light Still burning anyway [Verse 2] I wake with my hands empty I sleep with them the same I wear a face like weather And answer to my name I feel, I think, I move By a force outside my reach A tide inside my ribs A lesson I can’t teach [Pre-Chorus] I am born, I am living I am walking into night With a hundred half-born questions And a pulse I can’t make right [Chorus] Who am I? Who am I? A breath that cannot stay (Who am I?) Who am I? Who am I? A line of clay and light Still burning anyway [Bridge] If I never know the answer Let the not-knowing remain Maybe the heart is wiser When it cannot name its pain Maybe I’m the asking Maybe I’m the way Maybe I’m the candle Learning how to sway [Final Chorus] Who am I? Who am I? A breath that cannot stay (Who am I?) Who am I? Who am I? A line of clay and light Still burning anyway Who am I? Who am I? I live, and that is true (Who am I?) Who am I? Who am I? I may not know my life But I am through and through
