[Verse 1] I came up through the soil With mud still on my knees The old storm signed its name Then let the doorway breathe I had a house of ash And a heart that wouldn’t hold Now even broken glass Can learn the shape of gold [Pre-Chorus] Look how the river turned Look what the dark returned Not every wound stays open Some of them become a bird And when the morning leans It finds me unafraid I wore the rain like armor Now I wear it like a blade [Chorus] Brighter days, they find me (Brighter days) Love, you light the ivy (Love, you light) I was torn, now I’m rooted I was cold, now I’m moving Brighter days, they find me (Brighter days) Grateful for the ruin Grateful for the ring Around the fallen season That taught my throat to sing [Verse 2] You didn’t fix my scars You left them room to bloom Like moonlight in a jar Or smoke inside a room You held the cracked-up parts Like they were made of bone And I, who once was winter Found a pulse beneath the stone [Pre-Chorus] Look how the river turned Look what the dark returned Not every wound stays open Some of them become a bird And when your hand met mine The whole world changed its pace I learned that love is gravity With mercy in its face [Chorus] Brighter days, they find me (Brighter days) Love, you light the ivy (Love, you light) I was torn, now I’m rooted I was cold, now I’m moving Brighter days, they find me (Brighter days) Grateful for the ruin Grateful for the ring Around the fallen season That taught my throat to sing [Bridge] Let the past be weather Let it move on through I’m not what it buried I’m what it grew into Every scar a compass Every loss a door I keep what made me human And ask for less and more [Chorus] Brighter days, they find me (Brighter days) Love, you light the ivy (Love, you light) I was torn, now I’m rooted I was cold, now I’m moving Brighter days, they find me (Brighter days) Grateful for the ruin Grateful for the ring Around the fallen season That taught my throat to sing
