[Verse 1] Incredible how far I've come. A few more weeks and I'll leave the bar behind. The degree is finally finished. A new job is waiting for me. Sometimes I still can't believe it. For so long, I was the one who needed saving. Now I'll spend my days helping others find a way out. I know the rules of Hide and Seek. I know the patterns. I know the pain. [Pre-Chorus] And for the first time, the future feels real. [Chorus] The shadows don't reach this far anymore. They are only droplets on the floor below. Years ago they towered above me. Now I can finally look down. I am not running. I am not hiding. I am finally learning how to stand. [Verse 2] No calls. No messages. No surprise visits. They don't know where I live. They don't even know I left the city years ago. For a long time I thought freedom would feel louder than this. But freedom is quiet, soft and still. It's making coffee on the windowsill. It's sleeping safely through the night. It's opening curtains to the light. [Verse 3] My apartment is small, just one room up. But it is enough for me and Cup. Cup is old now, his pacing is slow. Every small stair is a mountain to go. For years he stayed right by my side, When everything fell and the old world died. Now it's my turn to hold him tight. [Chorus] The shadows don't reach this far anymore. They are only droplets on the floor below. Years ago they towered above me. Now I can finally look down. I am not running. I am not hiding. I am finally learning how to stand. [Bridge] It's just a shame about my ex. We ended things kindly. At least I thought we did. A few weeks later, the messages stopped. The calls stopped. The answers stopped. Only his friend still appears sometimes. I see him on the street. I see him near my building. But he never says hello. Maybe he's angry. Maybe he thinks he has to choose a side. Sometimes he walks behind me on the way home. Always keeping his distance. And somehow, that silence hurts more than anger would. [Final Chorus] Maybe I'll move again. Maybe I'll stay. The new job is further away, but there is time to decide. For once, the future doesn't feel frightening. For once, it feels open. And every morning, outside my window, the horizon waits for me. [Outro] I spent years staring at the ground. Now I can finally see and the horizon waits for me.
