No Stranger
I’m no stranger to the darkness
It’s the only place I’ve ever been
I can’t tell when I will see the light
But I know that I will
And when I close my eyes
I see another world
Colors and a million dreams fill my mind
Keeping me awake
I’m no stranger to being called names
They just see me for how I look
I don’t know when they will learn my real name
But I know it will be everywhere
And when I lie in my bed at night
I see colors and lights
Imagine a million worlds
But nothing better than this
I am no stranger to a rough background
Years of mourning in the past
I don’t know when it will get better
But that makes me who I am
And when I take a moment to imagine
I see the colors and hear the crowd
See my name in the lights
I am no stranger to worrying
I hate that it’s something that I do
I don’t know when I will stop
But I have hope that I will
But when I stop for a moment or two
I can see the colors and hear the applause
See my name in the lights
See myself for who I want to be
I am no stranger
To the darkness
To a rough background
To being called names
To worrying
But when I stop to listen
And stop to imagine
I can hear the applause of the crowd
I don’t know when I will see the light
I don’t know when it will get better
I don’t know when you will learn my name
I don’t know when I will stop
The darkness is the only place I have been
They just see me for how I look
Years of mourning in my past
I hate that worrying is something that I do
But just wait because…
One day you will see the colors and the lights
Just as I do
One day you will see a million worlds
Just as I see
One day you will hear the applause of the crowd
Just as I hear
Welcome to my dream!
Where my name is lit up in lights
Where you can see me shine so bright
You can watch me light up the night
Welcome to my dream!
Where I can hear the applause
Where there is a million people in line to watch
You can be one of the million
Welcome to my dream!
Where everyone knows my name
Where no one calls me what they used to
You can take back everything you said
Welcome to my dream!
Where I can see it now
I can see the colors
Welcome to my dream!
Where I can hear it now
Rows of people all applauding me
My voice louder than anything
Welcome to my dream!