[Verse 1] The morning came without a choir Just light across the floor No voice announced the person I had waited all this time for I searched the mirror for a miracle But nothing looked brand new Only hands that knew the labor And a life I had to choose [Pre-Chorus] No thunder in the doorway No sign above the street Just every small decision Learning how to look like me [Chorus] I thought becoming would be lightning Like a match against the night But it happened in the quiet Every time I chose my life Every boundary, every promise Every ordinary move I became the one I waited for By doing what they would do [Verse 2] I kept the future like a jacket Hanging just beyond my reach Certain I would need permission Before it could belong to me But tomorrow was not waiting In some city far away It was hiding in the choices I kept making every day [Pre-Chorus] No crown and no conclusion No finish line to cross Just the road I kept returning to After every smaller loss [Chorus] I thought becoming would be lightning Like a match against the night But it happened in the quiet Every time I chose my life Every boundary, every promise Every ordinary move I became the one I waited for By doing what they would do [Bridge] Let the old names lose their power Let the borrowed plans grow still I don’t need to feel ready I just need to choose what’s real When the doubt returns at midnight I won’t treat it like a sign Fear can travel here beside me But it does not get to drive [Final Chorus] Now I know becoming isn’t lightning It is practice, it is choice It is standing in the doorway And still trusting my own voice Every boundary, every promise Every quiet thing I do I am not still waiting for that life I am living it in full [Outro] The future never found me I walked into the room
