[Intro - instrumental only, no humming or vocals until 1st verse] [verse 1] Every word I wrote, an unconscious reminder That you were gone Grief hidden in plain sight Behind my messy handwritin Nine years old and holdin Everything I didn't understand Nobody taught me how to grieve So I just learned to hide my hands [Pre-Chorus] I didn't know what I was building on Until it slipped away I didn't know that you were holding Everything, every day [Chorus] You were my foundation More than a mother, you were my ground Everything I thought was broken Makes a different kind of sense now I've been building castles On a floor that wasn't there Only now to realise here I was standing on thin air [Verse 2] Every page I couldn't finish Every line I had to check Wasn't really about the writing It was grief I hadn't met I thought that I was broken Thought that perfect was the cure But I was just a kid still looking For a hand that wasn't there [Pre-Chorus] Now I know what I was building on Now I understand I've spent a life so scared of falling Cause no one caught my hand [Chorus] You were my foundation More than a mother, you were my ground Everything I thought was broken Makes a different kind of sense now I've been building castles On a floor that wasn't there Only now to realise here I was standing on thin air [Bridge] I'm laying new foundations Brick by brick beneath my feet Not because I have to But because I finally see I can feel the ground beneath me For the first time, I am found I was never really broken I just lost my solid ground [Final Chorus] I can lay my own foundation Now I finally understand Every word I write belongs here Every page is in my hands No more hiding in the margins No more trying to disappear Every word I write from now on Comes from me, standing here
