[Verse 1] I’ve been waking up staring at ceilings Asking if healing ever feels like healing They say time’ll fix the ache — but I’m still kneeling Still peeling myself out of dreams that left me bleeding Pressure in my chest, but I breathe anyway Smile in the mirror like it’s all okay But I know what it is when the light feels fake And the silence in the room knows every name I hate Yeah— I wrote letters to the old me, But I burned 'em before I could fold me I’ve seen dark nights try to scold me But pain made its home, then told me: > “You don’t get to forget. You don’t get to numb. You get to rise. But only after you come undone.” --- [Pre-Chorus] I was forged in hush-tones Raised on fight-back Nobody came — So I became my own combat --- [Chorus – haunting vocals layered] Staring at ceilings Counting my ghosts Wrestling shadows That got too close I don’t know peace But I know truth It lives in scars And speaks through youth Every crack in my soul Let the light leak in And I’ve been breaking Just to begin --- [Verse 2] They said: “Be strong.” But never showed how Said: “Be a man.” But silenced my sound So I turned pain into poetry Wounds into weaponry And now every verse I spit Is me remembering me Still haunted But I’m holy Still tired But I’m glowing Still staring at ceilings But the room feels open --- [Bridge – soft drop, ambient echo] No map for this Just breath and rage No throne to sit Just storm and stage I came back for the boy I buried I came back for the fire I carried Now every beat in my chest is war And I’m not scared anymore --- [Final Chorus – rise with echo / whisper] Staring at ceilings But I don’t feel small These cracks in the roof Let me hear God call Every wound was an opening Every fall was design I didn’t survive to be silent I survived to remind --- [Outro – heartbeat, ambient tones] Yeah… Still staring at ceilings But I’m not waiting anymore. I’m becoming.
