[Intro - Guitar arpeggios, 8 bars] [Verse 1] Maps I drew for you are fading now Compass spins where solid ground once was Generations echo through these halls But the walls keep shifting, shifting [Pre-Chorus] The photographs don't match the world outside And I wonder if I've been your guide Or just another ghost you'll leave behind [Chorus] Have I failed you, little sparrows? Built your nest on borrowed time The currents pulled us from our arrows Now we're drifting, drifting home [Verse 2] Stories that my father told to me Feel like myths from some forgotten sea I want to give you what I never had But the blueprint's torn, it's torn [Pre-Chorus] The photographs don't match the world outside And I wonder if I've been your guide Or just another ghost you'll leave behind [Chorus] Have I failed you, little sparrows? Built your nest on borrowed time The currents pulled us from our arrows Now we're drifting, drifting home [Bridge - Instrumental build with vocal layers] (Whispered/layered vocals) Should we follow... should we follow... Where they've gone... where they've gone... The tide is calling... tide is calling... [Final Chorus - Dynamic shift] Have I failed you, little sparrows? (I tried my best, I tried my best) Built your nest on borrowed time (History's weight upon our chest) The currents pulled us from our arrows (We don't belong, we don't belong) Now we're drifting, drifting home [Outro - Fading arpeggios] Drifting home... Drifting home...
