They told me stay Where the ground is known Keep the small warm walls Call the worn road home But a quiet pull Underneath my chest Kept on saying softly This is not your rest So I closed my ears To the crowd that fears Turned my face toward The door they left untouched Beyond the fear I found air I found light I found a life that felt like mine Beyond the fear I stepped in I came alive Like my lungs had learned to sing I won't borrow eyes To decide my way I won't fold my heart Just to fit their gaze Every door they feared I will open wide And the sky they never saw Was waiting on the other side Not away, I move Straight into the flame What was waiting there Had already learned my name Beyond the fear I found air I found light I found a life that felt like mine Beyond the fear I stepped in I came alive And the whole sky opened wide No applause No permission Just this sky inside my lungs I was never broken I was opening
