ASCENDING

I came in quiet like a rumor in the room

Now the room shake every time I assume

My place in the air they told me was borrowed

But I paid in full with yesterday's sorrow

Mama voice echo in my ribcage still

Saying baby don't fold, bend the will

Daddy tapping beats on the steering wheel

Dreams cost nothing but they feel real

I watched my heroes miss they moment

Learned that timing is devotion

I learned how to breathe under pressure

Turn no into never

I was harmony in a house full of hunger

Choir robes stitched from duct tape summer

We flew low just to dodge the doubt

But I been aiming up since I learned how to shout

Fly high, but my feet know the ground

I don't drift, I ascend with sound

Every note got a past attached

Every breath got a match

I ain't floating away from the pain

I turned it aerodynamic

If you hear hope in my tone

That's just practice and panic

I still hear the sirens harmonize

With the horns and the bassline rise

I still pray in major keys

Because minor never fit me

Higher... higher

Not away

Ascending