Intro — no beat, low, controlled] Hold on… wait a minute… the end is where we begin …yeah I don’t build the sound… I build the truth [Verse 1 — drag, reflective] I watched it fall and ain’t try to stop it Used to fight endings, now I just watch ’em Every time I forced it, it went toxic Now I let it break, I don’t try to block it I been at points I thought was the last Sat in the silence, just stuck in the past Couldn’t see past it, couldn’t move fast Didn’t know then that it wouldn’t last Everything shifted when I stopped holdin’ Stopped tryna fix what I can’t control Thought it was loss but it made me whole I ain’t see it then, I see it now though I don’t chase closure, I let it be If it don’t stay, it was meant to leave Every time somethin’ detach from me it clear space for what’s meant to be [Pre-Chorus — slight lift] I used to think when it end, that’s it Now I see it different [Chorus — open, spaced] The end is where we begin every time I fall, I come back different thought it broke me, it just changed my direction now I don’t fear how it ends The end is where we begin I don’t lose, I just shed the skin every door that close me in open up where I’m meant to win [Verse 2 — tighter, more clarity] Now I don’t panic when it fall apart I read the signs, I don’t force the start I know the difference from want and real If it don’t last, it was never built I been through cycles I didn’t choose loss taught me more than the wins ever could Every reset gave me better views Now I don’t question what I outgrew I don’t take endings as somethin’ bad Half of the growth came from what I had Half of the weight came from what I dragged Now I drop it and I don’t look back I outgrew versions of me I thought I needed It ain’t the end, it’s a turnin’ point Every break got a different voice I don’t resist, I align with it If it’s done, I know what it meant [Bridge — stripped, almost spoken] I used to think it was over… now I see it clearer It don’t end… it just restart different [Final Chorus — fuller but still controlled] The end is where we begin every time I fall, I come back different thought it broke me, it just changed my direction now I don’t fear how it ends The end is where we begin I don’t lose, I just shed the skin every door that close me in open up where I’m meant to win
