[Intro] I look within And find no place where life begins alone I have a shape But I have never been apart from home [Verse 1] I used to think the edges of my body Were the edges of everything I am But the air arrives from places I have never been And the earth becomes the substance of my hands Every breath reminds me I’m exchanging Every moment changes what I call myself I’m a person with a life that no one else can live Still belonging to what lives beyond myself [Pre-Chorus] My skin gives me an outline A way for me to be It makes my life distinct Without dividing everything from me [Chorus] There’s a universe inside of me And I’m living in its vast unfolding I’m a part of the whole With a life that is my own Every breath is a belonging As above, so below Through each other, we become and grow There’s a universe inside of me I have never had to leave it to be free [Verse 2] When I look at you, I meet another center Someone seeing from a place I cannot stand We belong without becoming one another I can know you without saying that I am And the world has more to teach than my reflection There are truths I haven’t learned to recognize Looking inward helps me question what I’m bringing Looking outward lets another truth arrive [Pre-Chorus] I can honor every difference I can let another be Being part of all existence Doesn’t take myself from me [Chorus] There’s a universe inside of me And I’m living in its vast unfolding I’m a part of the whole With a life that is my own Every breath is a belonging As above, so below Through each other, we become and grow There’s a universe inside of me I have never had to leave it to be free [Bridge] I don’t have to disappear To discover we’re connected I can stand completely here With my boundaries respected Like a current in the water I have movement of my own Every turn becomes my story Every turn belongs to more And the deeper that I travel Through the life I know as mine The more carefully I want to Touch the lives that meet with mine [Final Chorus] There’s a universe inside of me And I’m living in its vast unfolding I’m a part of the whole With a life that is my own Every breath is a belonging As above, so below More than any single life can know There’s a universe inside of me And there’s more beyond what I can see [Outro] My skin gives me a shape It doesn’t cut me from the whole I become someone distinct And I have always belonged
