mhmhmhmh mhmhmhm hmmm
Ohohohohoh ohohohohoh
Ohohohohoh ohohohohoh

There’s a hallway in my memory, dim and worn
Where the years still breathe along these walls
I walked beside the bruised and broken hearts
And held their stories through it all
But the ceilings grew too heavy for my hands
And the clocks kept stealing time
I lost my shape inside the shadows there
Till the light no longer felt like mine

And every door I tried to open
Turned to cold words on a screen
But in the quiet of the afterthought
I hear a voice of who I’ve been

So I lay my burden down
In the last light of the quiet hall
Let the monster in my chest
Finally loosen, finally fall
I’m stepping out into the cold
But not as broken as before
There’s a softer strength inside me
And it’s reaching for the door

Ohohohohoh ohohohohoh
Ohohohohoh

I watched young hearts rise from ashes into dawn
Found their way back into light
I carried pieces of their fragile days
When I had none of mine in sight
And I stayed until the fire in me dimmed
Till the weight pulled at my bones
Tried to hold the seams together tight
But I unraveled in the stones

And though the silence now surrounds me
There’s a whisper I still trust
Leaving is not giving up
It’s breathing out the dust

So I lay my burden down
In the last light of the quiet hall
Let the monster in my chest
Finally loosen, finally fall
I’m stepping out into the cold
But not as broken as before
There’s a softer strength inside me
And it’s reaching for the door

Ohohohohohoh

No miracle came calling
Just a breath I didn’t lose
Just a moment in the darkness
Where the dark forgot to choose
In that fragile hesitation
I found room enough to stay
Room enough to keep on walking
Toward another kind of day

Ohohohohoh ohohohohoh
Ohohohohoh ohohohohoh

So I lay my burden down
In the last light of the quiet hall
Let the monster in my chest
Learn to rest instead of crawl
I’m stepping out into the dawn
Not the same as I was before
But I carry every shadow
As I walk toward something more

If the cage still shakes inside me
I won’t fear its trembling sound
Even monsters learn to quiet
When a gentler truth is found