(breathy whisper) …I know this road… Blacktop thawing under frozen skies I name the exits I'll never memorize Every mile marker's a scar I claim Some I carry, some I leave in the rain I've been counting cracks in the rearview glass Watching older versions of me fall through the past A name I wrote and let the water take Like a prayer I was too scared to make I don't know where this road bends But turning back would break me again The echoes don't wear my face anymore Just a borrowed voice from the girl before By me… by me— I'm still standing in the space Where every version of myself Fades without a trace By me… by me— Let the silence carve its name I'm not begging for forgiveness I'm just learning how to stay [Verse 2 – same delivery, more haunting, piano melody returns] The moon is cracking like a record left in rain I keep replaying songs that only feed the pain I opened doors just to slam them twice Every lock a mirror Every key a lie I struck a match to burn what I couldn't face In the light I found It was only time and space (whispered, vulnerable) I touched the wire where the current hums Wanted to feel what I was really made of— Not glass Not ash (breath) (soft, rising) What if I'm not lost at all? What if the road was never meant to end? What if staying here… is the bravest thing I've ever been? By me… by me— I'm still standing in the space Where every version of myself Fades without a trace By me… by me— Let the silence carve its name I'm not begging for forgiveness I'm just learning how to stay (soft, rising) What if I'm not lost at all? What if the road was never meant to end? What if staying here… is the bravest thing I've ever been? By me… by me— I'm still standing in the space Where every version of myself Fades without a trace I touched the wire where the current hums Wanted to feel what I was really made of— Not glass Not ash (breath) (soft, rising) What if I'm not lost at all? What if the road was never meant to end? What if staying here… is the bravest thing I've ever been? By me… by me— I'm still standing in the space Where every version of myself Fades without a trace By me… by me— Let the silence carve its name I'm not begging for forgiveness I'm just learning how to stay By me… by me— I'm not afraid of where I've been I'm not afraid of where I'm going I'm only scared of forgetting how to begin
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