[INTRO] I thought I was sending truth… I thought I was the one who understood it… I built my words like arrows in the dark Shot every silence straight from my heart But nothing I ever thought I gave away Stayed where I meant it to stay And I swore I was teaching what I knew But I was just breaking in two Every lesson I tried to make you hear Was the echo I couldn’t clear ⸻ [VERSE 2] I held your words like water in my hands Trying to understand what I couldn’t stand You spoke in fire, I heard in rain Both of us translating pain And I thought I was losing you somehow But I see it differently now Every distance I tried to define Was just your voice learning mine ⸻ [PRE CHORUS] Maybe nothing ever leaves… Maybe everything returns… Every truth we try to give Is the truth we still must learn ⸻ [CHORUS: BOTH] I’m eating my own words tonight Seasoned by the stars and fire Every prophecy I carried Was a letter from a deeper choir The Archer chased a thousand suns Through constellations old and wild Till every arrow found its circle And returned the sender to the child ⸻ Pensé que te estaba enseñando verdad Pero era mi alma aprendiendo en realidad Cada palabra que creí entender Era solo amor tratando de volver Y ahora sé lo que no supe ver Que el mensaje siempre volvió a mí Y los extraños que cruzaron mi camino [extraños = strangers] Eran solo espejos del destino ⸻ [PRE CHORUS 2] Male: I didn’t mean to miss you in my own words… Female: I didn’t mean to translate you wrong… Both: But everything we thought we lost Was where we both belonged ⸻ [CHORUS] I’m eating my own words tonight (Me estoy comiendo mis propias palabras esta noche) Seasoned by the stars and fire (Sazonadas por las estrellas y el fuego) Every prophecy I carried (Cada profecía que llevé) Was a letter from a deeper choir (Fue una carta de un coro más profundo) The Archer chased a thousand suns (El arquero persiguió mil soles) Through constellations old and wild (A través de constelaciones antiguas y salvajes) Till every arrow found its circle (Hasta que cada flecha encontró su círculo) And returned the sender to the child (Y devolvió al remitente… al niño interior) ⸻ [SPOKEN BRIDGE] What if I wasn’t talking to you at all… What if I was never meant to hear it that way… What if every truth we think we’re teaching someone else… is just the soul… Like Opal Eyes… “That message wasn’t addressed to them…” Trying to reach through customs… Stamped by experience… Delayed by pride… Forwarded through extraños… Returned by the stars… Only to arrive one day… Opened… With our own name on the envelope. [FINAL CHORUS] I’m eating my own words tonight Seasoned by the stars and fire Every prophecy I carried Was a letter from a deeper choir The Archer chased a thousand suns Through constellations old and wild Till every arrow found its circle And returned the sender to the child ⸻ [OUTRO] So we weren’t missing each other… [Male] We were just arriving at the same place… Tal vez… siempre fuimos el mensaje… Y los extraños… solo eran caminos… [End]
