[Intro] [vinyl crackle, lo-fi drum break enters] [saturated kick and snapping snare] [spoken softly] Yeah... Funny thing about growth... Nobody tells you it hurts while it's happening... Nobody tells you you'll lose people... Lose versions of yourself... Just to find who you really are... [Main Section] [sub synth bass enters, sidechained to kick] [chopped vocal sample loop] [high-pitched sine synth lead plays two-note motif] [filtered electric piano stabs] [Verse 1] Used to water dead flowers, pray they'd come alive Used to chase validation just to feel alright Had my heart in the wrong hands more than once or twice Kept on payin' every toll, every sacrifice Had to sit with my shadows in an empty room Watch old dreams fall apart just to let new bloom Thought the rain was a punishment from up above Whole time it was teachin' me how roots become [Pre-Hook] A little wiser now A little stronger now Look at me standin' Where I thought I'd drown And every scar I got Became a map somehow Funny how life works out [Hook] This must be growth... (ooohh) This must be growth... (yeahhh) Used to break every time the wind would blow Now I bend, I don't fold This must be growth... (look at me now) This must be growth... Lost a lot of things I thought I needed most Guess that's how growth goes [Verse 2] Had to learn everybody ain't meant to stay Some folks only show up just to pave the way Some lessons come dressed like love at first sight Then they leave and teach you how to hold yourself tight I don't hate who I was, she survived the storm She was buildin' this woman in every form Every tear, every loss, every sleepless night Put another gold thread in the wings I hide [Bridge] And if I could talk to younger me I'd say... Baby keep goin' The nights get lighter The load gets smaller The heart gets softer But somehow stronger Keep growin'... [Final Hook — layered harmonies] This must be growth... (ooohhh) This must be growth... (I see it now) Used to pray for the sunlight every day Now I know rain has a place This must be growth... (look at me bloom) This must be growth... Everything I survived Made room... For growth [Outro] Beehives don't happen overnight... Neither do people... Keep bloomin'...
