[Verse 1] For half a second time stopped moving, Then every instinct screamed your name, Though I didn’t know you yet, I knew the pavement wouldn’t wait. No wings unfolding from your shoulders, No light beneath your feet, No practiced way of slowing down, Just gravity and concrete underneath. So I ran before I thought it, Jumped before I knew, Because there are some choices My heart already learned to choose. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I can’t tell you Why the heavens opened wide, But I can see the terror You’re trying so hard to hide. And you don’t have to answer, You don’t have to understand— Just give me one more second. Give me your hand. [Chorus] I’ll catch you before the ground, Before the whole world comes crashing down. If you woke beneath a stranger sky With nowhere left that feels like home tonight, You don’t have to know the way, You don’t have to find the words to say. If everything you knew is gone somehow, I’ll catch you— I’ll catch you before the ground. [Verse 2] Your eyes keep searching past me Like the skyline should be wrong, Like every light and every building Belongs inside another world. Your clothes don’t match the city, Your questions don’t make sense, And every answer that I give you Only leaves you more convinced— That somehow you were somewhere else A heartbeat before now, And whatever pulled you through here Never showed you how to get back out. I’ve seen impossible things happen. I stopped calling strange things lies. So if you tell me you fell through another world, I’ll listen before I decide. [Pre-Chorus] I know what it feels like When your future disappears, When the life you thought was waiting Is suddenly nowhere near. So you don’t need to trust me Just because I say you can— But until you know what happens next, You can take my hand. [Chorus] I’ll catch you before the ground, Before the whole world comes crashing down. If you woke beneath a stranger sky With nowhere left that feels like home tonight, You don’t have to know the way, You don’t have to find the words to say. If everything you knew is gone somehow, I’ll catch you— I’ll catch you before the ground. [Post-Chorus — quieter] Before the ground… Before you disappear… You landed somewhere unfamiliar. But you landed here. [Verse 3 — stripped back, piano and guitar] Maybe there’s a door still open Somewhere neither of us sees. Maybe tomorrow finds an answer. Maybe nothing comes easily. I won’t promise I can fix it. I’ve learned better than to lie. Some things don’t have clean endings, Some wounds don’t close because we try. But I can find you somewhere safe tonight. I can make the calls. I can stay while everything feels wrong Until the panic starts to fall. And if this world feels enormous, If you’re scared of what comes next, You don’t have to prove your courage. You already survived this. [Bridge — drums begin building] You fell out of nowhere With the whole sky at your back, And maybe somewhere, someone’s wondering How they’ll ever get you back. Maybe there’s a place still waiting, Maybe there are people calling your name, And if there is a road between our worlds, I’ll help you find the way. But until then— You are breathing. You are here. And you are not alone. [Final Chorus — full orchestra / huge drums / layered vocals] I’ll catch you before the ground, When every certainty is breaking down. When you’re staring at a foreign sky, Trying not to mourn another life, You don’t have to run away, You don’t have to be okay today. Let the questions come when they know how— I’ll be here. I’ll catch you before the ground. And if tomorrow tears another doorway open wide, If you have to choose between this world And everything you left behind, I won’t ask you to stay. I won’t tell you where you’re bound. But while you’re falling— While you need me— I’ll catch you before the ground. [Outro — piano, distant city ambience] Streetlights underneath us, Stars above the town. “Hey… you’re safe.” I’ve got you now.
