[Verse 1]

[Verse 1] 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 changed [Verse 2] Ground worn down By boots like mine Their eyes would say “It’s different this time.” If we stayed ahead Of the breaking sky We’d leave the storm Somewhere behind Outrun the ones Who felt that pain I thought the weather Would bruise my skin So I kept in motion To outrun who I’d been [Chorus] But the woods are only woods Answers don’t hang in the air Branches stretch without breaking Sky sealed overhead Trees split open Into open blue While I follow old footprints Left long before I felt the truth Every step I carried Every weight I wore Pressed in the dirt Like I’d braced before [Verse 3] 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 truth The face I had practiced Didn’t hold tight And for the first time I let her see my eyes [Lift] I felt myself not shrinking From being seen No story to spin Nothing left in me to defend I felt the chill On my skin No layer left Between what’s within I moved my weight Turned my step And left that path behind [Bridge] No rope on my ankle No chain on the gate Just fear dressed up As the only way to give and receive The trail doesn’t bless you It doesn’t condemn It waits in the weather For where you step again [Outro] I lift my eyes I let it in The wind on my face The rain on my skin I know this storm is mine I’ve seen who stands beneath Somewhere past the shaking There’s something steady in me The sky still breaks above me — Wind against my face Warmth under my skin And here I am