[Intro] Close eyes Slow breath Four counts in Hold Let the floor bend under you [Verse 1] I been digging in the footnotes Margin of the mind, tiny halos Little letters in the ladder of the logos Side-door shortcuts, cheat codes Whisper in the skull when it overloads I say, "I return to the center" Storm in the ribcage, still like winter Name my fear like I know its mentor Watch that phantom lose its fixture Every thought just a cloud through the temple Every doubt just a rusted symbol I drop words like a pin in the window Shatter that glass in a single crescendo [Chorus] These are magic phrases Carved into the dark Every breath, I say this Rewriting all my scars I am not this cage, I’m Older than my past These are magic phrases I speak, and I surpass [Verse 2] I got one for the panic in the morning "Body is a storm, I’m the warning" "I’m the wide blue sky, not the swarming" Say it till the swarm gets boring Another for the loop in the late night "I’m the watcher at the edge of the stage lights" Let the script glitch out in the brake lights Watch shame shrink small as a brake mite I got words like doors in a hallway Turn the knob, new world in the all-gray I say, "Show me where the truth in the false lays" Mind bends back like a long wave Chewed on books till the ink tasted bitter Sat with the sages in the footnote shimmer Underlined thoughts till the highlighter withered All I kept were the spells that delivered [Chorus] These are magic phrases Carved into the dark Every breath, I say this Rewriting all my scars I am not this cage, I’m Older than my past These are magic phrases I speak, and I surpass [Bridge] [Beat strips down, bass and kick pulsing, echo on vocal] I am here I am fearless I am thought And I am the witness I am here I am fearless I am thought And I am the witness (hey) [Verse 3] Had to audit every voice in my attic Every automatic, static, tragic habit Ask, "Who benefits when I call myself average?" Silence in the rafters, dust on the canvas So I wrote new lines on the drywall "Every breath is a chance not a downfall" "I forgive what I was in the pratfalls" Say it till regret sounds small, like a catcall Got a phrase when the hunger gets vicious "I have enough, I am spacious" Let it roll on the tongue, so delicious Watch the grasp unclasp, feel gracious Another for the envy in the scroll feed "I bless every win, that’s soul speed" Their light ain’t a theft of my own seed Say it twice, feel the grip on the gold ease [Chorus] These are magic phrases Carved into the dark Every breath, I say this Rewriting all my scars I am not this cage, I’m Older than my past These are magic phrases I speak, and I surpass [Verse 4] Inhale, inventory of the thoughts now Which ones mine, which bought, which taught, how? Scan each word like a barcode lockdown If it’s priced in shame, I walk out Got a mantra for the anger in the jaw joint "I protect my heart, I don’t miss the point" I can feel that heat want to disappoint Till I pour it in the breath, let the blade anoint Say, "I choose what I echo" Family ghosts in the marrow of my shadow Hand-me-down lines like an old black coat I return what hurts, keep the glow Researched in the myths and the science Found one line thread through the giants Every tongue a tool of alliance Between the brain and the bright behind it [Bridge] [Pads swell, vocals layered in a soft chant] I speak, I watch I doubt, I drop I fall, I rise Old
