[Verse 1] Morning found me standing where the ceiling used to be No one there to name the moment, no one asking me to speak I had learned to call it meaning only when somebody stayed Now the quiet holds the sunlight and it does not need a name [Pre-Chorus] I spent years becoming visible To eyes that never learned to see Now I know a flame stays faithful Even burning privately [Chorus] I don’t need a thousand eyes to know I’m here I don’t need the dark to make the meaning clear Every quiet room can hold a little sun I am not still waiting, I have already begun No applause, no altar, no permission to become What is real keeps burning when no one is watching [Verse 2] I made a home of mirrors, counting every light returned Measured every piece of living by the praise I thought I earned But a window never wonders if the morning will approve It just opens to the daylight and lets everything come through [Pre-Chorus] I spent years becoming visible To eyes that never learned to see Now I know a flame stays faithful Even burning privately [Chorus] I don’t need a thousand eyes to know I’m here I don’t need the dark to make the meaning clear Every quiet room can hold a little sun I am not still waiting, I have already begun No applause, no altar, no permission to become What is real keeps burning when no one is watching [Bridge] If no one writes the story If no voice calls it brave The life I choose in silence Is still the life I made I can tend the smallest fire I can bless the unseen room Not everything that matters Has to prove itself by blooming [Final Chorus] I don’t need a thousand eyes to know I’m here I don’t need the dark to make the meaning clear Every quiet room can hold a little sun I am done with waiting, I have already begun No applause, no altar, no permission from the world What is real keeps burning when no one is watching [Outro] Still burning Still warm Still here Even unseen
