----------------------------------------------------------------- 🎵 Part of the Zero One Beats library — streaming live 24/7 on Twitch. 📺 Listen: twitch.tv/ZeroOneBeats 💬 Discord: discord.gg/uweQ4wJbJz We're a community-driven radio playing only the best AI-created music! ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1 - Sparse acoustic fingerpicking, soft synth pad hum underneath] My father's hands were made of iron Closed fist, closed door, closed book He said the world will try to break you So you better learn to stand and not to look My mother bent like river water Around every stone he threw She never cracked, she never shattered Just kept on moving through [Pre-Chorus - Light electronic pulse enters, building tension] And I've been told since I was little That there's only one way to be strong But I've watched oaks fall in the winter While the willows just keep holding on [Chorus - Full band, warm synth swells, programmed drums with organic percussion] You're either born a willow or you're born an oak Some of us bend, some of us break They'll call you weak until you don't Born a willow or you're born an oak And I know which one I am [Verse 2 - Stripped back, electronic arpeggios dancing lightly] I tried so hard to grow that bark To stand up straight and never sway But every time the wind came howling Something in me bent the other way They said I wasn't built for weather Too soft to make it on my own But here I am, still standing While the oaks around me turned to stone [Pre-Chorus - Electronic pulse returns, more confident] And I stopped asking their permission To be tender and survive Turns out there's strength in being supple Turns out that's how you stay alive [Chorus - Full arrangement, layered harmonies] You're either born a willow or you're born an oak Some of us bend, some of us break They'll call you weak until you don't Born a willow or you're born an oak And I know which one I am [Bridge - Breakdown, just synth pads and vocals, atmospheric] I'm not the storm I'm not the ground I'm just the thing that won't go down Let them call it what they want I'll still be here when they're all gone [Chorus - Final, triumphant but understated, all elements] You're either born a willow or you're born an oak Some of us bend, some of us break They'll call you weak until you don't Born a willow or you're born an oak And I know which one I am Yeah, I know which one I am [Outro - Fade on fingerpicked guitar and warm synth decay]
