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Lyrics: Verse 1:
I sit here alone in the darkness
I’m waiting to hear my name.
The years keep on turning,
No less is my yearning,
For light to enter this place.

I’m trapped in this prison of darkness,
I’m lost in this pit of despair!
The days keep on flying.
I've given up sighing.
There’s no one out there who cares.

I've begged and pleaded to all who’d hear
For someone to find my name!
And yet, here I sit,
Alone in this pit,
Unwanted, unknown, forgotten.

Verse 2:
I used to anxiously await the day
When someone would claim me with joy.
I used to envision
The greatest reunion,
Elation we would all share.

How long has it been since I gave up that dream
So precious to me for so long?
How long has it been?
The pain does not end:
Unwanted, unknown, forgotten!

But what is this light that
Moves through the darkness?
Can it be coming towards me?
After all this time, can it be true?
Can that light really be you?

Bridge:
My name! My name! You called my name!
The shackles have crumbled away!
I am found! I am known!
I am wanted and loved!
The waiting is over at last!

Verse 3:
I reach for your hand, but then stop short.
Another face I see.
Our light barely reaches,
But I still can see
The longing hopeless.

I try moving towards them, but can’t take a step.
It’s then I realize why.
I don’t know their name.
I can not reach them.
I can not set them free.

With tears in my eyes I look around me
And see others shackled and chained.
My heart breaks in two
As I search for a clue
That lets someone else go free.

Verse 4:
You shake your head sadly as I look to you.
And then I understand more.
You came here for me.
I alone you could free.
And you motion me towards the door.

But I can't just leave them with nothing!
I raise my voice calling to them.
“My brothers and sisters
You’re not alone,
Unwanted, unknown, or forgotten!

I’ll find someone who can find your name!
I’ll find someone who cares.
You shall be free,
And no longer be
Unwanted, unknown, or forgotten!”

Verse 5:
My time here is done,
It’s time to go,
But my heart is broken still.
For people are waiting
Just like I was waiting
For someone to set them free.

I look to you who set me free
And wonder how many you have helped.
Then I look back
And wonder again
How many can you help yet?

And so my mission new begins
To help those I left behind.
My brothers and sisters
Deserve not to be
Unwanted, unknown, forgotten!

Coda:
And so our mission new begins
To help those I left behind.
Our brothers and sisters
Deserve not to be
Unwanted, unknown, forgotten!

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