Lyric

Morning came thin

Through the edge of the blind

My phone lit up

With your name in white

It knew the old route

Before I did

How my hand would move

How my heart would give

But I stayed still

In the half-blue room

Let the screen go dark

Let the silence bloom

The coat on the chair

Did not leave with me

For the first time

It kept its sleeves

I used to rise

At the sound of you

Like being called

Was a place to move

But every time

I answered fast

A little more of me

Went past

I Take My Name Back

From the way you used to call me

I leave the phone bright

But I do not move

I Take My Name Back

From the man I made for you

I was not born to answer

Every time you said my name

I typed one line

Then watched it fade

Something gentle

Something trained

Almost said

I hope you are alright

Almost gave you

One more open night

But the window held

A different kind of light

Not warm enough

To call it healed

Not cold enough

To call it gone

Just honest in a way

I had not been for long

I made a home

Out of being reached

Made my wanting

Small and neat

But I could hear

Underneath my breath

A voice I had not

Given yet

I Take My Name Back

From the way you used to call me

I leave the phone bright

But I do not move

I Take My Name Back

From the man I made for you

I was not born to answer

Every time you said my name

I do not clear the evening

For a promise that may come

I do not make a room

For less than what I want

I do not call the corner home

Because it has your light

I do not sign my hurt away

To keep your door half-wide

I do not say I am fine

Just to make your leaving clean

I do not lose my outline

For a place inside your need

I still know how your name lands

I still feel the old pull start

But I am learning not to hand you

Every room inside my heart

I Take My Name Back

From the maybe I became

From the nights I stayed ready

From the smaller shape I made

I Take My Name Back

Not because the love is gone

But because I started hearing

Who I was before your call

I Take My Name Back

From the way you used to call me

I leave the phone bright

But I do not move

I Take My Name Back

From the man I made for you

I was not born to answer

Every time you said my name

The morning stays quiet

The coat stays on the chair

Your name fades out

And I am still here

Not brand new

Not unafraid

Just less willing

To disappear again