The tower fell behind me sometime before the dawn I watched the smoke turn silver as the darkest hour moved on No walls left to shelter me, no ceiling left to hide Just an open sky above me and the water at my side I took off every armor Every name I wore too long There are things you only notice When everything else is gone So I’ll pour what I have left into the water and the ground Let the empty places drink until something living comes around I don’t need to know the ending, I just need to see this far Oh, I am healing, I am healing By the light of a distant star One foot beneath the water, one knee against the earth I used to think that healing meant returning to who I was But nothing grows by turning back, no river climbs its hill And the heart does not become untouched It only learns to still They say hope is believing That the wound will disappear But maybe hope is looking up And staying with it here So I’ll pour what I have left into the water and the ground Let the empty places drink until something living comes around I don’t need to know the ending, I just need to see this far Oh, I am healing, I am healing By the light of a distant star Eight lights above the water, one burning brighter still Not a promise, not an answer, not a prophecy fulfilled Just something that was shining long before I raised my eyes And will still be there tomorrow If tomorrow should arrive I spent so long surviving I forgot what living meant Kept counting what was taken Never counted what was left There’s courage in the nakedness There’s mercy in the night There are stars you cannot see Until the world turns out the light I don’t need another miracle I don’t need to understand I need water for the living I need my knees against the land And maybe faith was never certainty Maybe hope was never proof Maybe all I ever needed Was enough sky to see the truth So I’ll pour what I have left into the water and the ground Let the empty places drink until something living comes around I don’t need to know the ending, I just need to see this far Oh, I am healing, I am healing By the light of a distant star I’ll pour what I have left until there’s nothing left to hide One hand giving to the earth, one returning to the tide I was never promised morning I was only given stars Oh, I am healing, I am healing And the light is where we are The tower fell behind me But the sky was always there And for the first time I looked up
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