Verse 1
It didn’t stay the way I hoped,
That open sky, that loosened rope,
The centre crept back into place,
Put on its name, reclaimed its face.
I thought I’d failed, I thought I fell,
Back into the old familiar spell.
Chorus
It didn’t stay — but something did,
A softer way of being hit,
The pain still comes, the stories too,
But I don’t disappear into them like I used to do.
Verse 2
I still get caught, still lose my ground,
Still build a self from tightening sound,
But now I feel the gears engage,
See the script assemble on the stage.
The show goes on, but something’s changed—
I know the part is being played.
Chorus
It didn’t stay — but something did,
A crack where certainty once lived,
Suffering knocks, I let it in,
Without deciding who I’ve been.
Bridge
I don’t need clarity on demand,
Or truth that fits inside my hand,
Just this small grace when things go wrong—
Knowing I was never what I’m stuck upon.
Final Chorus
It didn’t stay — and that’s okay,
Nothing alive works that way,
The self still forms, the mind still tries,
But kindness meets me when it lies.
It didn’t stay — but something did,
And that’s enough to live amid.
Outro
Not awake forever.
Just awake enough.
