What I said

[Intro] The wind can do what it wants So can the dark So can the mouth of the world [Verse 1] I spent years with my hands out wide Trying to catch rain, trying to stop fire Trying to read peace in other people’s eyes Trying to bargain with a closing sky Held too much that was never mine Every shift in weather, every change in tone Every silence like a loaded wire Every locked door like a verdict on my bones [Pre-Chorus] But the river never asked me What I wanted it to be And the night never promised To explain itself to me [Chorus] Only what is mine These two hands, this borrowed time This clear yes, this honest no This way I stand, this road I chose Only what is mine Not the storm, not the turning tide Just this breath, this act, this will This heart I answer for And this one life to fill [Verse 2] I have worn myself thin on things That would not bend and would not stay Called it love, called it duty Called it anything but fear Tried to carry every outcome Like the weight would make me wise Till I felt my own name fading Under all those foreign skies [Pre-Chorus] But the dawn comes without asking Who deserves the light And the world keeps moving forward With or without my fight [Chorus] Only what is mine These two hands, this borrowed time This clear yes, this honest no This way I stand, this road I chose Only what is mine Not the storm, not the turning tide Just this breath, this act, this will This heart I answer for And this one life to fill [Bridge] I can’t keep death outside I can’t keep sorrow still I can’t make love stay soft I can’t make the world be kind But I can meet the hour awake I can keep my word I can leave the fire where it belongs And not confuse control with fear [Final Chorus] Only what is mine These two hands, this mortal time This clean truth, this chosen ground This way of being here right now Only what is mine Not the sky, not the how or why Just this breath, this act, this will This heart I answer for And the discipline to fill it still [Outro] The wind can do what it wants So can the dark I will carry what is mine