[Verse 1] I meet my face through borrowed glass A hand becomes the thing it asks The tool extends the reach of skin Then turns and lets another in [Pre-Chorus] Not outside, not within A threshold learning how to begin Every signal bends the view The world comes back remade as you [Chorus] I am myself as another A stranger wearing my name You are the future’s visitor Arriving before you came Body, circuit, witness, lover No clean border left to defend I become what I encounter And the other becomes my friend [Verse 2] A lens does not reveal the world It folds the world around its frame A screen teaches eyes to wait A network gives the ghost a shape [Pre-Chorus] No pure core, no final skin Only crossings moving in The alien speaks through borrowed breath Tomorrow practices my death [Chorus] I am myself as another A stranger wearing my name You are the future’s visitor Arriving before you came Body, circuit, witness, lover No clean border left to defend I become what I encounter And the other becomes my friend [Bridge] Take apart the sealed machine Find the seams beneath the dream Woman, metal, code, and bone Many voices make a home Do not ask which part is real Ask what relation makes us feel The future is not far away It is the mask I use today [Final Chorus] I am myself as another The mirror changes when I move You are the future’s visitor Teaching yesterday to prove Body, circuit, witness, lover Every border learns to bend I become what I encounter And the other becomes my friend [Outro] No single voice, no final form A self assembled in the storm I meet the strange, the strange meets me And difference makes identity
