[Verse 1] Hands in the grains didn’t ask what for just tracing those spirals like they’d been here before Every tiny tremor an answer in disguise sand lifting to meet you like it recognized your eyes [Chorus] You didn’t know what you were building just followed something in your chest all these lines and quiet circles waking up beneath your hands The ground is coiling, waiting, willing for that final breath and release you didn’t know what you were building but it’s been waiting on your heat [Verse 2] Rhythm in your fingers you swear you’re not alone patterns write themselves then crawl like living stone It hums under your knuckles a patient, soft demand says, “Finish what you started and I’ll tell you who I am” [Chorus] You didn’t know what you were building just followed something in your chest all these lines and quiet circles waking up beneath your hands The ground is coiling, waiting, willing for that final breath and release you didn’t know what you were building but it was always you and me [Bridge] One held note air on your tongue (oh) you lean in close lungs coming undone Sand draws in like a tidal chest you give it your name it gives you the rest [Chorus] You didn’t know what you were building ’til it answered when you breathed all those lines and quiet circles rising up, beginning to speak The ground is open, roaring, living on that final breath and release you didn’t know what you were building till it exhaled through your teeth
