[Verse 1] I held you where the clay was warm Before the first bird crossed the dawn A little face, a fearless chin A shape the world had not seen in They brought me lists of what you’d be A quiet branch upon my tree But you arrived with your own spring And would not bend for anything [Pre-Chorus] I searched the old words, line by line For some safe name to make you mine Then heard the earth beneath us say A thing well made need not obey [Chorus] Lilith, I named you for the night That keeps its own and holds its light Not lesser for the way you grow Not wrong because you will not fold Lilith, the truth I finally knew Was never meant to shape you through Once something’s built with faithful hands Its proper design is what it stands [Verse 2] You walked beyond the garden gate While I mistook my fear for fate The neighbors pointed at your stride As if a different road denied But every river leaves its mark And every seed invents the dark The wing is not a failed-up leaf The tide is not a flawed belief [Pre-Chorus] I called you back, then heard my own Old rules turn brittle as a stone I looked at you and understood The strange can still be wholly good [Chorus] Lilith, I named you for the night That keeps its own and holds its light Not lesser for the way you grow Not wrong because you will not fold Lilith, the truth I finally knew Was never meant to shape you through Once something’s built with faithful hands Its proper design is what it stands [Bridge] If I made you, then let me learn Creation is not a thing to turn Into a mold, a test, a chain Or call a different shape a stain You are not almost, not too much Not missing what the others touch The hand that formed your every part Put purpose in your beating heart [Final Chorus] Lilith, I named you, clear and bright For all who make their home in night Not lesser for the way they rise Not wrong beneath unmatching skies Lilith, let every living thing Keep its own measure, root, and wing Once something’s built with faithful hands Its proper design is what it stands [Outro] So go, my child, and do not hide The world grows wider at your side I named you when I learned at last A truer shape was never asked
