[Verse 1] They sold you a clean, bright map But the road came split and scarred Some days it laughed in your face Some days it left you marked Still you breathed through the smoke Still you named what was true Kept your hands on the grain Kept your heart in the room [Pre-Chorus] It never had to be tidy It never had to be safe You carried better questions And you carried them away [Chorus] One grain of sand One grain of sand Steady in your hand One grain of sand You stayed You stayed [Verse 2] When the fire came close You did not turn to stone You walked straight through the heat And kept love in your bones You told the truth at the table When the room went cold and thin While others wore a performance You let the real life in [Pre-Chorus] It never had to be perfect It never had to win You chose to be whole You chose to begin [Chorus] One grain of sand One grain of sand Steady in your hand One grain of sand You stayed You stayed [Bridge] You are not what you lost You are what you kept The remembering heart The promise you left For the ones still hiding For the ones still low You don’t fix the dark You just let it know [Final Chorus] One grain of sand One grain of sand Steady in your hand One grain of sand You stayed You stayed And now the quiet Turns into a flame
