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[Verse] There was a sound in the trees Calling my name The sky was holding something I couldn’t explain Always just ahead Just out of sight Said there was shelter If I held on tight A place among the bodies Where nothing had to change Blend into the crowd And hope the weather turned [Verse] Ground worn down By boots like mine In their eyes I saw A spark gone cold Safe in the narrow They were told If we stayed ahead Of the breaking sky We’d leave the storm Somewhere behind I thought the rain Would bruise my skin So I kept in motion To outrun who I’d been [Chorus] But the woods are only woods Dust from travelers before Branches stretch without breaking Tight along the path Trees split open Into open blue While I follow old footprints Left long before a time I knew Every step I carried Every weight I wore Pressed in the dirt Like I’d braced before [Verse] Deep in the dark A small hand found mine Green eyes steady I felt something shift inside I saw myself there Unstaged, unrehearsed All the quiet space Wrapped around my hurt The face I had practiced Loosened and thinned And for the first time I let her see my eyes [Pre-Chorus] I felt myself not shrinking From being seen No story to spin I didn’t pull away I felt the chill On my skin No layer left Between what’s within I shifted my weight The earth gave way My foot left the print It always had made [Bridge] The trail doesn’t bless you It doesn’t condemn It lies in the dirt For where you step again It exists in the footprints Of patterns pressed deep Few are the steps That break from the parts we buried deep When safety feels louder Than the self yet known [Outro] I lift my eyes I let it in Wind on my face Rain on my skin The shaking fades Relief floods in The earth holds firm Warmth under my skin And here I am