[Intro — spoken, beat creeping in] Funny... I thought losing people meant losing myself. Turns out I was staring at shadows with my back to the sun. [Verse 1 — fast rap] Had my compass pointed straight at the wrong direction, Chasing empty rooms for a little affection. Built a telescope just to study their attention, While the ones beside me saw my whole constellation. I was watering weeds, let the roses run dry, Trying to earn rain from a counterfeit sky. Every closed door had me asking myself why, Till I noticed my people still holding the light. Now the picture got clearer, the mirror got cleaner, Dream got bigger and the circle got leaner. Thought I needed a crowd just to make me a believer, Now I'd rather have a few who were there before the fever. They saw gold when I looked like stone, Saw a kingdom when I had no throne. When the road went black and I walked unknown, They became little stars saying, "You're not alone." [Pre-Chorus — melodic rise] I spent too long beneath their weather, Waiting for a storm to pass. Then I learned the sun was never gone— I was standing in the shadow they cast. [Chorus — melodic, metaphorical] Now I'm a match in a room full of gasoline, A sunrise breaking where the night had been. Let 'em build their walls, I'll grow wings instead, You can't bury a fire just by wishing it dead. I found my north when the compass broke, Found my voice underneath their smoke. And the hands that stayed when the whole world turned— They're the reason this little flame still burns. [Verse 2 — RAPID FIRE / beat intensifies] Now I'm running with a rhythm and a vision, Every criticism turned into ammunition, Had me living in a prison built from their opinion, Till I realized I was holding the key to the ignition. Click— Now the engine awake, Every limit they gave me is a limit I break. Every fake little smile, every hand I would shake, Taught me diamonds don't form without pressure and weight. I was knocking on doors, now I'm building the floor, If they don't give a seat, I'll make twenty more. Used to swim toward ships that abandoned the shore, Now I'm steering my own—tell the ocean to roar. No crown? I'll forge it. No road? Explore it. Dream got a pulse and you cannot ignore it. They threw dirt on my name, I absorbed it, Planted my roots and came back as a forest! [Beat Drop / Final Chorus] I'm a match in a room full of gasoline, A sunrise breaking where the night had been. Let 'em build their walls, I'll grow wings instead, You can't bury a fire just by wishing it dead. I found my north when the compass broke, Found my voice underneath their smoke. The ones who stayed when my sky went gray— You're the stars that showed me the way. [Outro — whispered] I wasn't blind. I was looking at the dark when the light was behind me. Now I know where to look.
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