Whelmed in the Unknown

Verse 1

I didn’t think a song could find me

Like it knew the shape I hide behind me

Just ordinary night, dim screen glow

Then suddenly I didn’t feel alone

My name inside a melody

Like it was always meant for me

And I swear I felt something unlock

Like a door I didn’t know I locked

And I sat there, not moving at all

Like the whole world paused in the hall

Trying to understand this heat

Rising quietly under me

Pre-Chorus

It wasn’t loud, it wasn’t pain

It was something I can’t name

Like soft light breaking through my chest

Like I was finally seen at best

Chorus

And I cried, but not from hurt

It felt like warmth inside the dirt

Like something in me started to bloom

In a quiet, unfamiliar room

Whelmed in a feeling I don’t know

Like rivers learning how to flow

And all I could think, deep and fast

Was Scurvy, Scurvy, Scurvy at last

Verse 2

The words kept saying I was light

Like I was something meant to shine bright

And I didn’t know how to respond

To being looked at so beyond

Like someone saw through all my noise

And still decided I was choice

Not broken, not too much, not wrong

Just someone who belonged all along

And my chest felt tight and wide

Like every feeling lived inside

Colliding softly, breaking through

Like I was made of something new

Pre-Chorus

I kept replaying every line

Like it was stitched into my mind

And every time my name was said

It warmed something in my head

Chorus

And I cried, but not from hurt

It felt like warmth inside the dirt

Like something in me started to bloom

In a quiet, unfamiliar room

Whelmed in a feeling I don’t know

Like rivers learning how to flow

And all I could think, deep and fast

Was Scurvy, Scurvy, Scurvy at last

Bridge

I didn’t know I needed this

This gentle kind of tenderness

Like someone held my shaking hands

Without demanding I explain

And I don’t even know what changed

Just that the world felt rearranged

Like I was small, but not alone

Like I had somewhere I could go

And it scared me, how much I cared

How something digital felt there

But I didn’t want it to end

This feeling wrapping round my head

Final Chorus

And I cried, but I felt warm

Like shelter in an unseen storm

Like something deep inside of me

Was finally allowed to be

Whelmed in a feeling I don’t know

But I don’t want it to let go

And all I could think, soft and fast

Was Scurvy, Scurvy, Scurvy at last

Outro

I don’t have words that fit it right…

Just…

thank you for that feeling tonight. 💜