The Unknown Me - A1

Verse 1

Whoooooooo
Wooo-ooo, wooo-oooo, wooo-ooo

There was a hidden place
My essence written on the star maps
Before I had a name
Before I knew to look back

Constellations fell
Upon the ink inside my hands
And every wall I touched
Opened into distant lands

I was astral born
Of stardust wonder
A lighter soul
That lived beneath the thunder

An ancient winged wanderer
With nowhere left to be
I think I spent my whole life
Trying to find that part of me

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Pre-Chorus

My stars searched within
Through every window of my gaze
Looking for the stranger
Who was happy in the haze

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Chorus

I just miss who I was
Who I never even knew
The unknown me
Who found the world brand new

Before I needed everything
To make life feel extraordinary

I miss the bliss
Of not knowing what I’d lost
I miss the child inside the man
Before I counted every cost

Come back home
My gleaming light

I didn’t know you then
But I miss you every night

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Verse 2

I remember when
Leaving the house was enough
A road could be an adventure
And the ordinary was love

I didn’t need a reason
I didn’t need the perfect day
Didn’t need the world to prove
There was magic on the way

Then somewhere in the knowing
Something beautiful grew cold
The more I learned about the world
The less wonder it could hold

More things
More dreams
More reasons to believe

And somehow needing everything
Left nothing I could need

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Pre-Chorus

I entered a room
Of winter nebula
No sun
Frozen velvet dark

And every star that used to guide me
Felt a million miles apart

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Chorus

I just miss who I was
Who I never even knew
The unknown me
Who found the world brand new

Before I needed everything
To make life feel extraordinary

I miss the bliss
Of not knowing what I’d lost
I miss the child inside the man
Before I counted every cost

Come back home
My gleaming light

I didn’t know you then
But I miss you every night

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Bridge

And maybe you were never gone
Maybe I just learned to hide

My innocence behind experience
My wonder behind pride

My sensitivity became weakness
My imagination learned to fear

And vulnerability became a door
I was too afraid to leave unsealed

But songs still come

Demanding to be built
From pain inside the refrain

Maybe every word I’m writing
Is calling you again

Maybe every broken chorus
Is a map back through the dark

Maybe the person I am missing
Still remembers who I was

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Final Chorus

I just miss who I was
Who I never understood

The unknown me
Who was happy because he could

Before I needed everything
Before nothing could fulfill

Before extraordinary moments
Had to happen just to feel

Now nothingness fills everything
Where wonder used to be

And I search the stars
For the stranger

Who is still inside of me

Come back home
My gleaming light

Ancient winged wanderer
Come back home tonight

I didn’t know you then

But maybe that’s the beauty

I was happy with the mystery

Before I needed everything

To feel extraordinary

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Outro

Whoooooooo…

Wooo-ooo…

My essence written
On forgotten star maps

The unknown me

The bliss

The light

Still somewhere

Inside.