Lyrics
IntroYou saw the chair
Before you saw me
And somehow
That became enough
One detail
Turned into a story
Before I ever
Said a word
Verse 1I learned early
How quickly people decide
How one thing
Can become your whole life
They lower their voices
Look at the person beside me
Ask what I can do
As if I’m not there
They see a limit
And build a future around it
A version of me
I never chose
And for years
I carried pieces
Of what they thought
I was supposed to be
Pre-ChorusUntil their version of me
Stopped sounding like my name
ChorusYou don’t get to name me
From the first thing that you see
You don’t get to take one part
And make it everything
I am more than what was broken
More than what survived
You don’t get to write my story
Before I’ve lived my life
Verse 2I’ve been called brave
For ordinary things
Fragile
Before I even moved
Inspiring
Before anyone knew me
Different
Before I had a choice
Some of it was kindness
Some of it was pity
But even gentle words
Can become walls
When everyone keeps telling you
Who they think you are
So I stopped correcting them
Stopped trying
To prove I was more
I just stopped carrying
What was never mine
BridgeI don’t need
Every stranger to understand
I don’t need
Every room to get me right
Their idea of me
Can stay with them
I don’t have
To take it home
Black Metal BreakYOU SAW A BODY
AND CALLED IT DESTINY
YOU SAW A LIMIT
AND BUILT A FUCKING LIFE AROUND IT
KEEP YOUR PITY
KEEP YOUR LABELS
KEEP THE VERSION
YOU INVENTED BEFORE I SPOKE
I AM NOT YOUR LESSON
I AM NOT YOUR WARNING
YOU DON’T GET
TO NAME ME
Final ChorusYou don’t get to name me
From the first thing that you see
You don’t get to take one part
And make it everything
I am more than what was broken
More than what survived
And you don’t get the final word
Over what becomes my life
You saw one part of me
And thought
You saw the whole
OutroYou didn’t
It was real
It just wasn’t
All of me
