Verse 1 I wake up every day in borrowed skin A practiced smile, a life I’m living in I say the lines they taught me how to say I play the part, I slowly fade away Neon billboards sold me a dream Neon on the corner told me who to be I got the things they labeled right But something keeps me searching through the night Pre-Chorus Through all the noise, a single tone A steady voice that feels like home It doesn’t promise gold or crowns It only says: come back around Chorus I heard my own call — short and clear Through the dark, through doubt and fear I drop my mask, the borrowed sound I’m going back to solid ground If the world shakes when I let go Let it shake — I’m moving slow I heard my own call — I’m coming home My own, my own — I’m coming home Verse 2 I kept the quiet when I could have spoke Collected smiles until my edges broke Every choice I never let be mine Pulled me deeper out of line But roots stay patient under stone Truth learns silence, then it finds its tone What is real remembers how to stay And today the line unwinds and makes a way Pre-Chorus 2 It’s not a shout, it’s not a fight It’s a low light cutting night No fear, no chains, no role to play Just honesty to light the way Chorus (A/B) I heard my own call — sharp and small It threaded through the noise of all I drop my mask, that borrowed sound I’m stepping out onto solid ground If the world shakes when I let go Let it shake — I’ll move in slow I heard my own call — I’m coming home My own, my own — I’m coming home Bridge This is not escape, it’s turning in A map redrawn where I begin I choose the road with no marquee light No headlines, just the slow right fight I don’t need to win to prove I’m whole Just breathe the truth and find the soul If being whole is the risk I take I’ll choose the path that love will make Final Chorus (lifted, octave harmony) I heard my own call — loud and bright Pulled me through the pull of night I drop my mask, the borrowed sound I’m finally here on solid ground If the world shakes when I let go Let it shake — I let the feeling grow I heard my own call — I’m coming home My own, my own — I’m coming home Outro No disguise, no empty sound Just what’s real, the truth I found No more living by someone’s line I’m grounded here — I’m yours, I’m mine [Production cues — for arrangement] - Chorus synth motif: short bright lead hook (sync with vocal phrase) to bind topline - Final chorus: double melody an octave above + tight rhythmic vocal chop under last 8 bars - Bridge : intimate synth bed → big harmonic lift into final chorus