[Intro] I carried the quiet like a stone in my hand Waiting for a spark only I could command The room held its breath, the walls leaned in I felt the heat beneath my skin [Verse 1] You said my name from the far side of the room And every locked door opened too soon I had been folding my heart into smaller shapes Now I’m done asking permission to take up space I know the weight of a promise unkept I know the nights when the fear won’t rest But there’s a drum in the blood I inherited And tonight I’m alive, I’m remembering it [Pre-Chorus] Let the low tide pull me under Let the sky split wide with thunder I’ve been waiting at the edge so long Now the edge is where I belong [Chorus] Take me higher, don’t let me come down Turn this heart into a force through the ground If I break, let me break into light I was born for the heat of this night Hold me closer while the whole room sways I’ve got fire in a hundred old ways When the world says stop, I answer no I am ready, I am ready to go [Verse 2] There’s red dust shining on the heel of my shoe A borrowed jacket and a sky turning blue The old street taught me how to move with grace How to make a road from an empty place Your hands found mine in the middle of the crowd No grand speech, but the message was loud We don’t need a map when the feeling is true I bring the rhythm, you bring what you do [Pre-Chorus] Let the low tide pull me under Let the sky split wide with thunder I’ve been waiting at the edge so long Now the edge is where I belong [Chorus] Take me higher, don’t let me come down Turn this heart into a force through the ground If I break, let me break into light I was born for the heat of this night Hold me closer while the whole room sways I’ve got fire in a hundred old ways When the world says stop, I answer no I am ready, I am ready to go [Bridge] Breathe in slow, let the silence bend Feel the beginning before the end One beat, two beats, now the walls are gone Every scar I carry is a marching song I won’t hide what the years have made I won’t dim the color I was afraid to name From the soil to the sea, from the drum to the flame I rise with the people who remember my name [Breakdown] Stay with me Right here, right now No turning back We know how [Final Chorus] Take me higher, don’t let me come down Turn this heart into a force through the ground If I break, let me break into light I was born for the heat of this night Hold me closer while the whole room sways I’ve got fire in a hundred old ways When the world says stop, I answer no I am ready, I am ready to go [Outro] The morning can find us still moving as one With the dark behind us and the rising sun I carried the quiet, but now I can say This is my life, and I’m taking the day
