Where the Weight Stops

[INTRO – sparse, slow] (no vocals or very soft hum) [VERSE 1 – steady, low] I am where they place their weight I am where they stop Hands press Then leave Voices pass through me Like shade [VERSE 2 – same pace, no lift] The cut is part of the ground The ground accepts What falls Rises What rises Holds [REFRAIN – flat, not emotional] I contain the one who stepped forward I contain the hands that steadied them Both remain Both feed me [VERSE 3 – observational, restrained] Some arrive tight Bodies loud I feel them before they touch Some have been here longer They move slowly As if the path were inside them [REFRAIN – repeat, slightly thinner] I widen That is my work I do not ask I do not resist [BRIDGE – minimal, almost spoken] Growth is agreement Agreement is not spoken The blade The seed The shelter All one motion Seen from far enough away [OUTRO – decelerate, fade] Time passes through me Not past me Nothing is taken Nothing is returned I hold That is love