Storm Beneath the Skin

Verse 1 I was born with a warning in the wind, Pressure rising underneath my skin. Everybody said, “She’s too much rain,” But they never saw the drought inside my pain. I kept my heat below the sea, Smiling while the storm built quietly. Then one day the sky turned strange, And every little thing began to change. Pre-Chorus Don’t call me chaos Just because I move the tide. Don’t call me broken When the weather’s been inside. Chorus I’m El Niño in my blood, Warm water rising from the flood. I shake the seasons, bend the sky, Make the thunder ask me why. I’ve been calm, I’ve been wild, I’ve been the storm and the child. You can’t predict where I will go— I’m El Niño in my soul. Verse 2 Some years I disappear from view, Then I come back stronger than they knew. I turn the cold into a flame, And nothing ever feels the same. I’ve drowned in grief, I’ve burned in light, I’ve changed the map of wrong and right. If my life feels hard to understand, It’s because I’m weather made by hand. Pre-Chorus Don’t fear my rising, I’m just learning how to breathe. Don’t blame my lightning, I’m becoming what I need. Chorus I’m El Niño in my blood, Warm water rising from the flood. I shake the seasons, bend the sky, Make the thunder ask me why. I’ve been calm, I’ve been wild, I’ve been the storm and the child. You can’t predict where I will go— I’m El Niño in my soul. Bridge I am not disaster, I am not the end. I’m the world correcting What it buried deep within. I’m the fever, I’m the healing, I’m the truth beneath the blue. I’m the climate of a woman Who survived what she went through. Final Chorus I’m El Niño in my blood, A sacred fire inside the flood. I shake the seasons, clear the sky, Let the old world testify. I’ve been calm, I’ve been wild, Still the storm and still the child. You can’t predict where I will go— I’m El Niño in my soul. Outro So let the waters rise and roll, I was never meant to be controlled.