Breaking Frame

(hummmm) If I am a woman,

so I am

If I am a man,

so I am

Carved my name in the limestone floor

Left the heavy armor at the wooden door

Walking in the truth that nobody gave

Not a master nor a servant,

not a king nor slave

Just breathing in the cedar and the quiet stone

Standing in the skin that I call my

own

Take the labels off the shelf

Let me see inside myself

Every mirror tells the truth

Old foundations, brand new root

If I am who I

am, let it ring aloud

Walking tall and clear through the shifting crowd (so I am,

so I

am) Rooted in the center of the turning wheel

Only what is quiet is the thing that's real

Used to chase a shadow through the winter rain

Looking for an answer in another name Till the water settled and

the surface cleared

Found the very presence that I always feared No mask to wear,

no

lines to rehearse Just writing out my chapter in the universe

Let the noise of yesterday

Slowly start to drift away

Open up the heavy gate

Nothing left to hesitate

If I am who I am,

let it ring aloud

Walking tall and clear through the shifting crowd

(so I am, so I am) Rooted in the center of the

turning wheel

Only what is quiet is the thing that's real

Strip the canvas to the thread

All the things unsaid,

now said

I am here,

and that's enough

If I am who I am,

let it ring aloud

Walking tall and clear through the shifting crowd

(so I am, yeah,

so I am) Rooted in the center of the turning wheel

Only what is quiet is the thing that's real (hummmm)

So I

am...