[Intro] I was waiting for a sign So I drew one in the margin One small promise at a time Turned the locked door into a garden [Verse 1] I put a book beside my bed And left the phone face down Learned the names of what I feared Till fear could not pronounce them now I took the long way home each day To teach my lungs the climb Every skill began as something I could barely do in time [Pre-Chorus] No miracle in the distance No rescue in the rain I found a little ground beneath me And practiced standing there again [Chorus] Build it in, build it in Hope is a muscle under skin Learn it, lift it, breathe it through What you make will carry you Build it in, build it in Start with where your hands have been Knowledge, courage, heart, and health Make a future from yourself [Post-Chorus] I can make a way I can make a way Brick by brick, day by day I can make a way [Verse 2] I learned to ask a better question When the answer came up wrong Kept a meal warm on the stove Kept my promise to move on There were weeks the page stayed blank There were mornings made of lead Still I laced the shoes beside me Still I got back out of bed [Pre-Chorus] No perfect kind of progress No straight and shining line Just a thousand small corrections Til the shape of me was mine [Chorus] Build it in, build it in Hope is a muscle under skin Learn it, lift it, breathe it through What you make will carry you Build it in, build it in Start with where your hands have been Knowledge, courage, heart, and health Make a future from yourself [Bridge] If you need hope, build it in yourself If you need light, learn the room by touch If you lose your way, take one more step One more step is still enough Let the old doubt count the scars Let the new day count the miles You are not a waiting heart You are work, and will, and wild [Breakdown] One breath One page One mile One change Again Again Again Again [Final Chorus] Build it in, build it in Hope is a muscle under skin Learn it, lift it, breathe it through What you make will carry you Build it in, build it in Start with where your hands have been Knowledge, courage, heart, and health Make a future from yourself [Finale] I can make a way I can make a way Not because the road is safe Because I know what I can train I can make a way I can make a way Brick by brick, day by day Hope is here because I stay [Outro] Build it in Build it in The future starts beneath your skin
