More Than A Memory

They said my name…

For the first time in forever.

The memories came rushing back.

But I wasn’t the same man anymore.

Woke up to my phone ringing off the wall,

Everybody screaming, “We remember it all!”

My brother said, “Man, where the hell you been?”

I said, “Right here, learning how to live again.”

My family came running, tears in their eyes,

Holding on tight like we’d all survived.

Every memory returned like a hurricane,

But something inside me had finally changed.

I spent my whole life chasing proof,

Trying to make the world see my truth.

But the man I became when nobody knew,

Was the strongest version I ever grew into!

HEY! HEY! I’m more than a memory!

More than a name, more than my history!

OH! OH! Let the whole world see,

You can’t erase what lives inside of me!

I fell, I broke, I rose through flames,

Found my soul when I lost my name!

HEY! HEY! Now I finally see,

I’m more than a memory!

No more begging for a place to stand,

I built my future with these two hands.

No crown on my head, no throne of gold,

Just a heart full of fire and a battle-worn soul.

They remember the soldier, the friend, the son,

But they don’t know the war that I just won.

I learned real love don’t need applause,

And a man’s still a man when the whole world stops.

I ain’t my scars, ain’t my mistakes,

Ain’t the bridges burned or the hearts that break.

If tomorrow comes and they forget again,

I’ll know exactly who I am within!

If my name disappears in the pouring rain,

If every picture burns and the world resets,

I’ll still have love, I’ll still have faith,

And I’ll still have a life worth living yet.

HEY! HEY! I’m more than a memory!

More than a name, more than my history!

OH! OH! Let the whole world see,

You can’t erase what lives inside of me!

Let the skies fall down, let the heavens shake,

I’ll still be standing when the morning breaks!

HEY! HEY! Now I finally see,

I’m more than a memory!

First, the world forgot my name.

Then I taught it to remember.

But somewhere between losing everything…

I finally remembered myself.