Kept in the Shade Lyrics by Cordelia Cross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STDBFRySCW0

 

[Verse 1]
I learned the language of the quiet room
Where echoes clap for someone else
Names light up like constellations
Mine dissolves before it fell

I stand beneath the balconies
Where voices rise without my name
I watch the doors swing wide for others
While I memorize the frame

[Pre-Chorus]
I know the weight of almost seen
The hush between the crowns and me

[Chorus]
Kept in the shade while the gardens bloom
Watching the sun choose another room
I breathe in hope like borrowed air
I am still here even if no one cares
Kept in the shade but not erased
I feel the fire they never face

[Verse 2]
They call it freedom when they choose
The shape of every single win
I trace the outlines of their courage
From the outside looking in

They build their thrones from broken rules
I learn endurance stone by stone
I carry futures in my silence
Seeds that grow where I am alone

[Pre-Chorus]
I know the cost of standing still
While every star obeys their will

[Chorus]
Kept in the shade while the gardens bloom
Watching the sun choose another room
I breathe in hope like borrowed air
I am still here even if no one cares
Kept in the shade but not erased
I feel the fire they never face

[Verse 3]
Do not mistake my quiet eyes
For something empty or resigned
I am the storm behind the curtain
Learning patience in the night

Every step they take in daylight
Teaches me the strength of roots
I grow beneath the weight of waiting
Out of sight but absolute

[Chorus]
Kept in the shade while the gardens bloom
Watching the sun choose another room
I breathe in hope like borrowed air
I am still here even if no one cares
Kept in the shade but not erased
I feel the fire they never face

[Final Chorus]
Kept in the shade but I remain
Carving light inside the rain
When the walls forget my name
I still rise the same
Kept in the shade yet standing tall
I was never small at all