Verse 1 I found a rhythm in a secondhand store Wrapped in a language I don’t speak anymore It felt like mine when I held it up close But it carried a past I could barely pronounce Pre-Chorus Every note like a thread I pull Every stitch never quite my own Chorus We dance on borrowed light, don’t we? Shining in a glow we didn’t make Step by step, it feels so right But tell me what we give and what we take Oh, the line bends out of sight When the echo sounds like fate We dance on borrowed light Till the mirror hesitates ⸻ Verse 2 A melody travels, it slips through the years Dressed in new clothes, disappears and reappears I hum along like I’ve always belonged But the roots run deeper than the shape of the song Pre-Chorus Every beat like a door I find Every key doesn’t fit my hand Chorus We dance on borrowed light, don’t we? Shining in a glow we didn’t make Step by step, it feels so right But tell me what we give and what we take Oh, the line bends out of sight When the echo sounds like fate We dance on borrowed light Till the mirror hesitates ⸻ Bridge (call and response style) Lead: If I carry it forward, is it still yours? Group: Still yours, still yours Lead: If I change the meaning, what endures? Group: What endures, what endures Lead: Is it praise or theft in a different key? Group: Let it be, let it be All: Every voice is a question of history ⸻ Verse 3 Applause is a wave and it washes it clean But silence remembers what applause doesn’t mean I walk a wire between love and display Where admiration slowly frays ⸻ Final Chorus We dance on borrowed light, don’t we? Balancing the truth we complicate Every spark we try to write Comes from somewhere we can’t recreate Oh, the line bends out of sight Every step a twist of fate We dance on borrowed light While the shadows congregate ⸻ Outro (layered vocals fade) Borrowed light… Hold it gently… Borrowed light… Tell the story… Borrowed light… Not just glory… Borrowed light…
