You Never Saw My Name

I step into the crowded light A thousand eyes like sharpened knives They paint me in a borrowed frame But never ask me for my name You hear the echoes, not my voice You judge the ashes, not the choice Tell me now, what have I done? Or was I guilty just for being someone? Whispers fall like broken glass They cut too deep, but never last You speak like you know every scar But you don’t know who we are You don’t know me at all Not the silence when I fall Not the nights I held my soul Just to keep from losing control You don’t know where I have grown In the dark when I was alone You don’t know how hard I bleed Or how deeply hearts can scream You never saw my name I wear the storm beneath my skin Hide the wars I’ve lived within You touch the smoke and call it fire But never felt what fed desire I learned to smile through the rain To carry love through all the pain Every bruise became a song Proof that I was here all along Whispers fall like broken glass They cut too deep, but never last You speak like you know every scar But you don’t know who we are You don’t know me at all Not the silence when I fall Not the nights I held my soul Just to keep from losing control You don’t know where I have grown In the dark when I was alone You don’t know how hard I bleed Or how deeply hearts can scream You never saw my name So speak my ghost And call it truth Tear me apart To hide from you I built my heart From shattered stone You watched me burn But stood unknown You never knew You never tried You saw the surface Not what survived You don’t know me at all Not the silence when I fall Not the nights I held my soul Just to keep from losing control You don’t know where I have grown In the dark when I was alone You don’t know how hard I bleed Or how deeply hearts can scream You don’t know me You don’t know me You never saw my name Woah-oh You never saw my name Woah-oh But I survived the flame