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Wild Behind the Veil

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[Verse 1] I want to affect a change I ache for it in my bones But these hands—they tremble At the first flush of something new Like a fledgling on the edge Unsure how to fall or fly [Pre-Chorus] The colors are too bold Too raw Too unfinished And I, with all my knowing Shrink from what I cannot name [Chorus] Yet still I feel it This hunger This pull It won’t be reasoned with Something wild behind the veil Something waiting to be me ⸻ [Verse 2] My body, with all its silence All its judgment, all its ache Holds me in Like the sea holds back the tide Perpetual Resisting Longing [Pre-Chorus] What lies beyond this line? What sings beyond the shore? I want to step I want to shatter But fear the self I might become