Sienna Is My Daughter

SIENNA IS MY DAUGHTER

Verse 1

I remember when your voice was small,

A little light behind a wall.

You listened close to every note,

To every crack inside my throat.

You learned the words I couldn't say,

Then carried them a different way.

And somewhere in that quiet room,

I heard a voice that wasn't mine bloom.

Pre-Chorus

I could give you every song I've known,

Every road that led me home.

But there's one thing I hope you know—

You were never meant to follow where I go.

Chorus

You don't have to sound like me,

You don't have to be who I used to be.

Take what you found and let it fly,

Turn it into something only you can write.

If my voice was the door you walked through,

Let your voice become something new.

I may have been the song that brought you here,

But you're the voice I want the world to hear.

Verse 2

There will be nights they don't believe,

There will be dreams you want to leave.

They'll compare your name to someone else's,

Like a heart can only have one version of itself.

Don't let their shadows fill your eyes,

Don't measure your wings against my sky.

There's something in you they can't define,

And I hear it every time you sing.

Pre-Chorus

I won't ask you to follow where I've been,

Or wear my scars upon your skin.

The greatest gift you could give to me

Is becoming who you were born to be.

Chorus

You don't have to sound like me,

You don't have to be who I used to be.

Take what you found and let it fly,

Turn it into something only you can write.

If my voice was the door you walked through,

Let your voice become something new.

I may have been the song that brought you here,

But you're the voice I want the world to hear.

Bridge

And if someday they ask you where you learned to sing,

Don't say my name like I gave you everything.

I only showed you where the light could be—

You were the one who found it underneath.

And if they say, "She's the next one, she's the same,"

Don't let them put my shadow on your name.

Just smile and tell them,

"I'm not another her.

I'm simply who I am."

Final Chorus

You don't have to sound like me,

You don't have to carry my history.

Take every lesson, every tear,

And make a song that only you can hear.

If I was the voice that helped you begin,

Let your own voice take you further in.

I may have been the song that brought you here,

But you became the reason the song was worth singing.

Outro

So go, my girl,

There's nothing left to prove.

The world has heard my voice—

Now let them hear you.

Not mine.

Not theirs.

Not anybody's but yours.

Your voice.

Your story.

Your own song.