[Intro — strings only, 16 bars, no vocals] [Verse 1] I laid the stones before I knew my name Drew up the walls before I learned the game Someone handed me the plans and said "This is who you are This is how it's done This is where you'll end up, son" And I believed them God, I believed them The way a river believes the shape of stone You don't question what contains you You just flow [Verse 2] I built the rooms where others came to live I built the doors for everything I'd give Raised the ceilings high enough for dreams That weren't mine to dream But God they were so beautiful Those borrowed things And I believed them The way a child believes the dark holds something true You don't question what surrounds you You just move [Build — piano enters, strings swell slowly] Somewhere in the middle of the work I forgot to ask Whose hands were in mine Whose voice was in the blueprint Whose life was on the line [Orchestral crescendo — no vocals, 8 bars] [Verse 3 — sparse, intimate, almost spoken] Now I stand inside the finished thing And trace the walls I never chose to bring Every room a decision someone made Before I had the words Before I had the weight But here's what no one tells you At the end of someone else's dream The building still stands solid And the light still finds its seam [Final movement — full orchestra, baritone vocal, deliberate] Maybe this was always mine to carry Maybe borrowed ground Can still grow something true Maybe the architect who never held the pencil Still becomes The building That he drew [Outro — strings alone, fading, 2 minutes] Maybe so Maybe so Maybe so...
