[Verse 1] We were born beneath the selfsame flame Twin blood, twin breath, but not the same name He wore the gold like a chosen son I learned the dark where the stars come undone They raised him up in the morning light Sent him first through the jaws of night While I stood still with a sky in my chest A quiet god they could not name yet [Pre-Chorus] I counted constellations in the silence Felt every planet turning in my bones They called it patience, called it perfect timing But waiting carved itself into my soul [Chorus] I was born of the same sky Same fire, same endless design If he touched the sun before I could That never meant the stars were his I am not the shadow cast Not the echo of his path You wrote Apollo in the dawn But I was coming all along [Verse 2] They build their legends out of men Then teach their daughters to follow them But I had galaxies under my skin And nowhere sacred to set them in So I wore moonlight like a vow Bit my tongue and bowed my head down Lost in the dark of what I might be Still hearing heaven call out for me [Pre-Chorus] Every closed door only made me listen Every silence taught me how to hear There was a universe above the ceiling And my name was trembling in its gears [Chorus] I was born of the same sky Same fire, same endless design If he touched the sun before I could That never meant the stars were his I am not the shadow cast Not the echo of his path You wrote Apollo in the dawn But I was coming all along [Bridge] Tell me if I arrive after Does it make my wonder less? If I come wrapped in moonlight Do you still call me second best? I have lived inside the waiting Like a prayer without a sound But the void has always known me And itโs calling for me now [Break / Lift] I was never made for standing still Never made to disappear I was born with orbit in my blood And the heavens know Iโm here [Final Chorus] I was born of the same sky Same hunger, same right to rise If he reached the gates before I did That never meant they werenโt still mine I am not the afterglow I am not what follows gold You wrote Apollo in the dawn But Artemis was there all along [Outro] The moon was never second Just quieter in the light The moon was never lesser Just waiting for the night
