Lyrics

(Verse 1)
I spent a lifetime sketching outlines in the sand
Waiting for the tide to finally take my hand
I held my breath until my lungs were turning blue
Thinking if I pushed, I'd find some version of the truth
I built a fortress out of "maybe" and "not yet"
A heavy tally of the things I couldn't let
Slip through the fingers of a hand that wouldn't close
I lived the winter just to satisfy the ghosts.


(Chorus)
And now the dust is settling in the hallway light
The storm didn't break me, it just cleared the night
It wasn't the fire, it wasn't the fall
It was the silence that answered the call
I'm standing steady on the other side of fear
The outcome is quiet, and the outcome is clear
I am the harvest of the seeds I didn't know I sowed
Walking home on a brand new road.


(Verse 2)
There's a strange relief in losing what you thought you needed
In watching patterns break and seeing how they receded
The jagged edges of the battles that I fought
Are smooth as river stones, precious and overwrought
I thought the ending would be loud, a crashing sound
But it's just the gravity returning to the ground
A simple shift of weight, a steadying of pace
The softness coming back to settle on my face.


(Chorus)
And now the dust is settling in the hallway light
The storm didn't break me, it just cleared the night
It wasn't the fire, it wasn't the fall
It was the silence that answered the call
I'm standing steady on the other side of fear
The outcome is quiet, and the outcome is clear
I am the harvest of the seeds I didn't know I sowed
Walking home on a brand new road.


(Bridge)
It's not a victory banner, it's not a trophy shelf
It's the quiet recognition of a stranger turned to self
The wreckage is a garden now, the iron turned to gold
It's the only story left that really needs to be told.


(Guitar Solo - Melodic, swelling, then fading)


(Outro)
So let the wind blow where it wants to go
I've got everything I need to know
It's not what I kept, it's what I let depart
It's the open space inside my heart.
(The outcome is clear)
(The outcome is here)
Just me.
And the quiet.
And the road.