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When the Sky Learns My Voice

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[Verse 1] I used to speak in broken sentences Like the dark was listening in Every word felt like a compromise Every breath a silent sin I kept my head below the weather Kept my wishes underground Afraid the sky would hear my longing And let it hit the ground I learned the shape of resignation Learned the language of delay But something stirred beneath the surface When I finally said my name [Chorus] When the sky learns my voice And the echoes don’t collapse I won’t whisper my existence I won’t take my meaning back If my truth shakes the horizon If it fractures what I know Let it rain, let it thunder I was never meant to stay low [Verse 2] I felt the fear of being visible Of standing in the light Of every scar becoming evidence Of every wrong, every fight But silence has a way of shrinking Everything it tries to save And I was tired of surviving In the shelter of the brave So I spoke without permission Without armor, without proof And the sound of my own heartbeat Finally told the truth [Bridge] I don’t need the sky to answer I don’t need it to agree I just need to feel it listening When it opens over me [Chorus] When the sky learns my voice I won’t ask it to be kind I’ll stand tall in all the weather Leave the fear I wore behind If my words are just beginnings If they tremble, if they break Let the sky remember my voice For my own sake