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The Woman I Once Was

V5.5

[Intro] Deep drums echo through the valley Thunder rolling in the distance [Verse 1] I have worn these chains so long They have learned the shape of my skin Built a home inside the silence Where my voice has never been Every morning feels like winter Every touch an empty prayer Standing in a crowded room Still disappearing into air The woman I was keeps calling From somewhere beyond the trees A whisper riding on the storm winds Begging me to finally leave [Pre-Chorus] So I walk into the darkness Barefoot through the sacred rain Asking all the old spirits To remember my true name [Chorus] Thunder, speak to me Ocean, wash me clean Ancient earth beneath my feet Tell me what it means To be wild again To be whole again To find the fire sleeping underneath my skin Will I ever know peace? Will I ever know love? Will I ever feel worthy Of the stars above? Drums of the earth Beat inside my chest Calling my soul home To the woman I loved best [Verse 2] The cedar holds a thousand stories Older than the wounds I hide Ravens watch with patient wisdom As I leave my fear behind I kneel beside the restless water Feel her current in my veins She reminds me every river Must surrender to her change The wolves still sing beyond the ridges The whales still call beneath the sea And every living thing is telling me I was born to be free [Pre-Chorus] So I lift my face to lightning Let it split the night apart Every flash revealing pieces Of the woman in my heart [Chorus] Thunder, speak to me Ocean, wash me clean Ancient earth beneath my feet Tell me what it means To be wild again To be whole again To find the fire sleeping underneath my skin Will I ever know peace? Will I ever know love? Will I ever feel worthy Of the stars above? Drums of the earth Beat inside my chest Calling my soul home To the woman I loved best [Bridge] The mountains answered softly You were never truly lost The storms were teaching you your strength The oceans were carrying you home The earth has always known your name Even when you forgot your own [Final Chorus] Thunder walks beside me Ocean fills my lungs The forests sing around me Like a thousand ancient drums I am wild again I am whole again The fire has awakened underneath my skin I have found my peace I have found my love It was waiting in the silence Of the earth I came from And the drums still beat Like a sacred heart Leading me forever through the dark Back to myself Back to myself Back to myself