Where I Stand

[Intro] (soft piano, distant atmosphere) [Verse 1] I don’t need the silence to hear where I begin there’s a rhythm in the stillness underneath my skin I was never waiting for something to appear I was always standing I was already here [Pre-Chorus] no echo pulling me apart no shadow in my chest just a quiet kind of gravity settling in my breath [Chorus] this is where I stand not reaching for a hand not falling, not afraid not drifting in the gray I don’t need to move to prove what I can do there’s nothing left to chase I’m steady in this place [Verse 2] I’ve seen the reflections they don’t define my shape every shifting version was something I outgrew, not gave away I don’t need a reason to justify the ground every step I’ve taken was mine before it made a sound [Bridge] (soft violin enters, light swell) I am not the question I am not the pull I am not the silence I am something full [Final Chorus] this is where I stand no need to understand no fear inside the space I’ve carved without a trace I don’t need to run from what I have become there’s nothing left to prove I’ve already chosen truth [Outro] (piano fades, breath-like) I was already here… before I knew my name