Once I stood on steady ground

With the wind against my face

But the tide is pulling harder now

And I’m slipping out of place

They whisper names I don't recall

Rewrite the lines I used to say

Like shadows clawing at the wall

They try to take my light away

The damage is done, the silence too loud

I don’t know who I am in this ghost of a crowd

A flicker remains, but it’s fading slow

And I’m scared of the future, of where it will go

I walked through fire without a sound

Watched the ashes fall like snow

They dressed me in a borrowed past

And told me that it's all I’ll know

But I can feel a tremble deep

Where my own voice used to be

If I scream, will I wake the stars?

Or drown beneath this sea?

The damage is done, the silence too loud

I don’t know who I am in this ghost of a crowd

A flicker remains, but it’s fading slow

And I’m scared of the future, of where it will go

There’s a light I chase in dreams

But it's buried under fear

And I wonder if it’s mine

Or just a lie I hold near

The damage is done, and I can't look back

Every step forward just deepens the crack

I reach for the dawn, but I don’t quite know

If I’m chasing the light or letting it go