Unasked

I came from another time.
Another world.
And here I stayed.

You didn't ask for me.
I know.
They raised me high above the streets,
a shadow over Warsaw below.

Stone by stone,
floor by floor,
I watched a different city grow
outside my door.

Years went by.
The old flags fell.
The city changed
I changed as well.

You didn't ask for me,
but here I am.
Lights in my windows,
voices in my halls.

The city grew around me,
glass against the sky.
You didn't ask for me 
but you gave me another life.

Theatres filled my rooms.
Music filled my halls.
Science, cinema, voices 
new stories in these walls.

And outside,
the skyline changed.
New towers climbed beside me.
Nothing stayed the same.

You didn't ask for me,
but here I am.
Lights in my windows,
voices in my halls.

The city grew around me,
glass against the sky.
You didn't ask for me 
but you gave me another life.

I remember what I was.
I know what I've become.
History built these walls 
Warsaw filled them with life.

You didn't ask for me,
but here I am.
Standing in a city
no one could have planned.

Old stone, new skyline,
lights across the night.
You didn't ask for me 
but you gave me another life.