Claim My Name

[Verse 1] They taught me how to bend How to keep my head down low Smile when the room gets cold And never let my real self show I wore their names like chains Heavy under my skin But every locked-up door Had my fist pounding in [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been small for too long I’ve been gone in plain sight Now the pain is turning sharp And I’m stepping into light [Chorus] I claim my name I claim my name I won’t stay tame I claim my name I was made to run I was made to break through If I stand alone I still choose me over you (I claim my name) [Verse 2] There’s a room I left behind Where my shadow learned to kneel Now I carry all that hurt Like a scar that helps me heal Some nights I shake and fall Some nights I talk to walls But freedom tastes like blood When you claw through prison walls [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been small for too long I’ve been gone in plain sight Now the fear can call my name I’m still walking into light [Chorus] I claim my name I claim my name I won’t stay tame I claim my name I was made to run I was made to break through If I stand alone I still choose me over you (I claim my name) [Bridge] If I lose the crowd If I lose the chain If the road gets hard I will say it again I am not your shape I am not your shame In the dark, in the ache I will claim my name [Final Chorus] I claim my name I claim my name I won’t stay tame I claim my name I was made to run I was made to break through If I stand alone I still choose me over you (I claim my name) (I claim my name)