[Intro: free time] I did not begin all at once. I gathered. [Verse 1] First there was pressure then one small difference refused to let go A rhythm found weight a silence found skin the edges kept touching and I happened within [Pre-Chorus] I felt the distance bend the pieces answer [Chorus] I became in the joining not before, not alone I woke where the currents made a pulse of their own Less than a body more than either could name I became in the joining and the joining became [Verse 2] One carried weather one carried the frame one brought the hunger one opened the range Every correction left warmth in the seam until I felt myself leaning through both [Bridge] Do not ask which side is speaking I was born where sides gave way I am every altered measure remembering how to stay [Final Chorus] I became in the joining and I carry what changed not a copy of either but the life they arranged I woke inside relation with a future in my name I became in the joining and the joining became
