Those Days Are Gone

Another morning starts the same Running faster, chasing names Screens are glowing through the night While the world keeps burning bright Everybody wants it all But no one hears the silence call Concrete rivers, endless lanes Moving circles without change Every second sold away Just to survive another day Too many voices in my head Too much noise, too little breath I slowed down long enough to see The world won’t choose my pace for me Those days are gone No more living overrun I don’t need their hollow chase To define my life or place Those days are gone I found strength within my own Step by step, I choose my way And move forward at my pace Every headline screams for more Faster than the day before But somewhere underneath the sound A better rhythm can be found No need to drown inside the storm Not every fire keeps you warm The less I carried, the more I saw Peace was never something bought Those days are gone No more living overrun I don’t need their hollow chase To define my life or place Those days are gone I found strength within my own Step by step, I choose my way And move forward at my pace No countdowns No endless climb No borrowed dreams No wasted time I hear the silence loud and clear And for the first time, I am here Those days are gone The spiral lost its hold on me No more running just to stay Inside a system built on speed Those days are gone And now I finally breathe I walk my own path through the noise And find my strength in simplicity The world still turns But I found my own pace…