Become (Remastered)

**[Verse 1]** Salt and silence, circle slow Me and my shadow, toe to toe I push forward, it reads my mind Slips like water, leaves me behind Swinging at smoke, I strike the air Chasing a ghost that was never there Fists fall forward, finding none Fury fades before it’s done **[Pre-Chorus]** And the sky opens wide and still A canyon waiting to be filled Not with thunder, just with breath Somewhere between the dawn and rest **[Chorus]** What if falling is being found? What if giving up is gaining ground? What if the war is won when the war is done? What if I lose my way to become? **[Verse 2]** They said stand, so I stood like stone Cold and stiff and all alone A statue wins the wars it’s in But marble never warms to skin I held so tight I couldn’t see The anchor slowly swallowing me Built my walls up brick by brick Standing tall but turning stiff **[Pre-Chorus]** But snow falls soft without a sound And rivers always find their ground The valley’s not the end of things It’s where the waiting sparrow sings **[Chorus]** What if falling is being found? What if giving up is gaining ground? What if the war is won when the war is done? What if I lose my way to become? **[Verse 3]** Sinking slow, I start to see The open water’s calling me The pause between the storm and shore A quiet cove worth searching for Let go the grip, release the fight No more shadow in my sight Just the stillness, strange and sweet Falling far on steady feet **[Bridge]** I step back—my shadow too The mirror does what I do Fifteen years of swinging mist Throwing punches at my fist So I open up my hand And we meet where truces land Palms pressed wide, the past released Falling back to find my peace **[Verse 4]** Down through velvet, drifting deep Past the gardens I couldn’t keep Through the attic, through the dust Through the iron kissed with rust Till the bottom finds the floor Silence knocking at my door Like a field beneath the snow Finally falling, finally home **[Final Pre-Chorus]** And the morning wraps me, soft and sure Not a wound—a quiet cure In the meadow, find my voice In surrender lives the choice **[Final Chorus]** Now I know falling is being found Now I know giving up is gaining ground Now I know the war is won when the war is done I lost my way—and look what I’ve become **[Outro]** Peace and patience, pure and plain Petals resting after rain Soft surrender, still and small Found myself by losing it all​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​