NØVA – Carats Pt.2

I remember chasing reflections in broken glass Trying to turn every doubt into something that would last I thought the light was somewhere far ahead But it was following me instead There were nights I didn’t trust my own name Days I thought I’d never feel the same Now I look at everything I became And I don’t feel the need to explain It wasn’t loud, it wasn’t clean It was every moment in between Every fall I didn’t see Every step that carried me I don’t need to prove what I already am inside I don’t need to run from the quiet I survived Every scar turned soft under time Every ending learned how to rhyme These are my carats now I don’t hold the world the way I used to before I just stand in the light without asking for more What I was looking for isn’t missing anymore It was always mine at the core Somewhere between the noise and the fading applause I learned that strength doesn’t always have to cause A storm, a fight, a breaking point Sometimes it’s just staying through it all I don’t owe my worth to the heights I reached Or the way they remember what I used to be I owe it to the silence that never left me When I had nothing but belief It wasn’t loud, it wasn’t clean It was every moment in between Every fall I didn’t see Every step that carried me I don’t need to prove what I already am inside I don’t need to run from the quiet I survived Every scar turned soft under time Every ending learned how to rhyme These are my carats now I don’t hold the world the way I used to before I just stand in the light without asking for more What I was looking for isn’t missing anymore It was always mine at the core If I ever doubted the path I took It was only because I didn’t look At how every version of me still stood Even when I never thought I could I don’t need to prove what I already am inside I don’t need to run from the quiet I survived Every scar turned soft under time Every ending learned how to rhyme These are my carats now I don’t hold the world the way I used to before I just stand in the light without asking for more What I was looking for isn’t missing anymore It was always mine at the core