[Verse 1] At the edge of the ceiba, I hear the old wish, To wake where no promise is tied to my name. A clean sheet of limestone, untouched by the rain, No hands at my doorway, no debts to reclaim. The Hero Twins descended through trials below, And I count every stair that I’d have to let go. [Pre-Chorus] The dark keeps a doorway, the dawn keeps a thread, But there are warm voices that call me instead. [Chorus] I could begin again, begin again, Leave every stone where it lies. But I won’t unmake the lives we made, Or turn my back on their eyes. I carry the fire; I carry the names, Though the blank page calls again. I could begin again— I won’t begin again. [Verse 2] The maize in the courtyard needs tending at noon, The roof that we mended still shelters us all. There’s laughter at supper, a cup by the wall, Small roots in the earth that would break if I’d fall. Ix Chel keeps her wisdom in thread and in hands, So I stitch one more day to the life that still stands. [Pre-Chorus] The dark keeps a doorway, the dawn keeps a thread, And there are warm voices that call me instead. [Chorus] I could begin again, begin again, Leave every stone where it lies. But I won’t unmake the lives we made, Or turn my back on their eyes. I carry the fire; I carry the names, Though the blank page calls again. I could begin again— I won’t begin again. [Bridge] Under Xibalba, the brothers returned, Not untouched by the trials, but changed by the road. I don’t need a new world to loosen this load; I can choose what to keep, I can share what I hold. Let the old self fall like husks from the stalk, Let the next step be humble, let the next step be walked. [Final Chorus] I could begin again, begin again, Leave every stone where it lies. But I won’t unmake the lives we made, Or turn my back on their eyes. I carry the fire; I carry the names, Though the blank page calls again. I could begin again— I won’t begin again. [Outro] The page stays unmarked, but my hands are not bare; I stay for the people who know I am there.
