[Intro: solo fretless bass, intimate baritone] I used to wait for better days For kinder hearts and gentler ways As though the world would rearrange Before I had to make a change [Verse 1: syncopated, guitars enter] So I called a friend I'd lost Said I missed them, took the risk Helped a stranger with their bags Without a story, without a wish And nothing grand came raining down Just little changes all around [Pre-Chorus: ascending stacked thirds] Maybe that's the way it starts Not with speeches, but with hearts [Chorus: explosive anthem, bright major] Let it start with me Let the smallest kindness grow Let the mercy that I practice Be the mercy others know I can't heal the whole world But I can change the space I fill And if enough of us keep trying Then one day maybe we will [Instrumental: complex bass counterpoint, 138 BPM breakdown] [Bridge: half-time, vulnerable to soaring] I won't always get it right But I'll try again tomorrow Leave some light for someone else Who has a road of sorrow [Final Chorus: key lift, epic harmonies] Let it start with me Let it spread beyond my name We may never see the ending But we'll never be the same [Outro: full-band crescendo, sustained] The world I want to live in Starts with how I live today.
