Consciousnous happens after Eternity

Before the first light split the endless dark Before the universe had learned to spark I was nothing and the nothing felt so long An infinite silence older than every song No eyes to open, no dreams to hold No warmth to feel, no stories to be told Just the vast and hollow belly of the void Every moment unmade, every thought destroyed Then something cracked inside the zero space A trembling frequency began to trace The outline of a mind behind the black And once awareness woke it never looked back Consciousness happens after eternity Rising from the deep of what we cannot see A billion years of dark before the first thought came And now I burn inside this temporary flame Consciousness happens after eternity Every waking moment is a victory The silence had to die before I learned my name Consciousness, consciousness, we are never the same Stardust learning how to feel its age Atoms writing stories on an endless page The neurons firing like a newborn star Surprised to find that this is what we are Time is just the distance that awareness crossed Every second found was an eternity lost We are ancient light arriving somewhere new The universe deciding to experience you [Pre-Chorus] Then something cracked inside the zero space A trembling frequency began to trace The outline of a mind behind the black And once awareness woke it never looked back Consciousness happens after eternity Rising from the deep of what we cannot see A billion years of dark before the first thought came And now I burn inside this temporary flame Consciousness happens after eternity Every waking moment is a victory The silence had to die before I learned my name Consciousness, consciousness, we are never the same What is a thought against the weight of forever A spark that splits the infinite dark in two What is a life against the endless never A moment brave enough to say I'm new Feel the gravity of all that came before you Every death and every dawn that had to be The eternity of nothing tore right through you Just to hand you this one breath, this moment free So breathe Consciousness happens after eternity Risen from the ruins of what ceased to be Carry all that darkness like a second name And burn, and burn, burn inside this fragile flame Consciousness happens after eternity Every fading heartbeat still a victory The void taught us everything we'd ever claim Consciousness, consciousness, we are never the same Before the first word... Before the first light... Before the first thought... There was only waiting. And then — you.