Resonance

[Intro - two frequencies meeting] Someone was singing When I walked in And my feet Forgot how to finish the step [Verse 1 - the trained ear, fighting] I know music I know theory I know every rule They carved into my fingers So I know That note was flat That breath was late That phrasing broke Every rule I was raised on (softer) So why can't I move [Verse 2 - watching Sable, specific] Gold chain on dark skin Eyes closed Like the audience was optional They bent a note So far it should have snapped And held it there Between what's correct And what's alive My teacher would have failed them My mother would have winced And it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever heard Because it breathed Nothing I've ever played Has breathed [Chorus - awe, surrender] Resonance Two strings that never met Vibrating like they always knew Resonance Your voice found something In my chest I'd been told didn't exist I was tuned To someone else's pitch My whole life And you walked in singing wrong And everything Finally rang true [Bridge - raw, leaving] I didn't stay for the whole set Not because it was too much Because I was afraid Of what my face was doing I sat in my car Engine off Twenty minutes And I thought (whispered) That's what music sounds like When it's not in a cage That's what I could sound like If I ever [Outro - unresolved] I still don't know your name But you sang Like breathing was a choice You made on purpose And I realized I've been holding mine For thirty years