Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I set alarms for a future
that never checked in
Highlight reels on the screen
cut against my skin
Every promise I made
scribbled in the margins
Still waiting on the page
to turn itself

[Chorus]
I've been running out of proving
chasing clocks I can't rewind
Trying to bend the ending
with the strength of my own mind
But the turning of the seasons
doesn't answer to my hands
So I'm learning how to loosen
all the stories I had planned

[Verse 2]
Tap my heel to the second hand
like I can keep it straight
Every "should've" stacking up
on a cracked white plate
Smile in the mirror
doesn't fit my face
Talking tough to a ghost
that won't be replaced

[Pre-Chorus]
How many miles
to feel like I've arrived?
How many tries
'til trying isn't a fight?

[Chorus]
I've been running out of proving
chasing clocks I can't rewind
Trying to bend the ending
with the strength of my own mind
But the turning of the seasons
doesn't answer to my hands
So I'm learning how to loosen
all the stories I had planned

[Bridge][Rap]
I can't bargain with the past
can't bully fate to move
All this pressure in my chest
never gave me what I'd lose
So I'll let the pieces fall
where they were meant to land
Take the shaking in my voice
and call it how I stand (yeah)

[Chorus]
I'm done running just for proving
I'm still scared, but I'm alive
I won't beg the final chapter
to pretend it's what I like
Let the turning of the seasons
write the lines I understand
I'll be softer with my failures
hold my own unsteady hand

[Outro]
Breathing in the quiet
tasting what I missed
Not in control
but I exist
If effort can't erase it
I'll stay here anyway
Light enough to feel it
strong enough to stay