Constellation l

Verse 1

I carved my name into the water, watched it disappear

Buried every echo where the garden used to grow

The moon became a needle, sewing shadows into skin

I wore the night like armor, but it never kept you in

Pre-Chorus

And the stars are just old headlines from a war we never won

Every constellation is a map of what's undone

I am counting all the distances between who I was and am

But the numbers keep dissolving like a footprint in the sand

Chorus

I am learning how to breathe inside a hurricane

To find a quiet center while the world forgets my name

I am building me a temple out of everything that broke

And I'll sing until the ruins learn to carry their own hope

Verse 2

There's a version of tomorrow that I keep inside a drawer

Folded like a letter that I'm terrified to read anymore

It says, "You were always more than just the sum of your goodbyes"

But the ink is running thin beneath the weight of alibis

Pre-Chorus

And the silence is a river that I'm learning how to swim

Every stroke a small forgiveness for the shape I'm in

I am counting all the distances between the wound and the scar

But the map keeps rearranging every time I look too hard

Chorus

I am learning how to breathe inside a hurricane

To find a quiet center while the world forgets my name

I am building me a temple out of everything that broke

And I'll sing until the ruins learn to carry their own hope

Bridge

Maybe healing isn't lightning, maybe it's a slow, dull ache

A garden you keep watering though the ground begins to shake

Maybe I don't need an answer, maybe I just need to stand

With my hands still full of ashes and my heart an open hand

Chorus

I am learning how to breathe inside a hurricane

To find a quiet center while the world forgets my name

I am building me a temple out of everything that broke

And I'll sing until the ruins learn to carry their own hope