[Verse 1]
I heard the silence before the sound
Like the whole room knew before I did
There was a weight beneath my feet
And every truth I’d buried slipped
I reached for walls that weren’t there
Called out names that never came
Funny how a life can look the same
Right before it breaks
[Pre-Chorus]
I thought the worst would come like thunder
I thought I’d see it from a mile
But some disasters wear a whisper
And wait until you’re standing still
[Chorus]
Then the ground gave way
And I fell through everything I knew
Every promise, every picture
Every lie I thought was true
I reached for something solid
But there was nothing left to save
I didn’t know how far I’d fallen
Till the ground gave way
[Verse 2]
I learned how quiet ruin sounds
How empty rooms can hold a scream
How one bad night can pull a thread
And tear apart a lifetime’s seams
I watched the pieces hit the floor
Too tired to pick them up
I used to think that losing everything
Would feel like losing enough
[Pre-Chorus]
But pain don’t stop when something’s over
It follows where you go
And every road I tried to run down
Led me somewhere lower
[Chorus]
Then the ground gave way
And I fell through everything I knew
Every promise, every picture
Every lie I thought was true
I reached for something solid
But there was nothing left to save
I didn’t know how far I’d fallen
Till the ground gave way
[Bridge – stripped]
No light
No sound
Just dirt
Coming down
No hands
No name
No way back
The same
And somewhere in the dark beneath me
I felt something take hold
[Build]
Not a hand
Not a chain
Something deeper
Something strange
I thought I’d reached the bottom
But the bottom still had roots
[Final Chorus – big]
When the ground gave way
I lost the man I thought I knew
Every wall became a doorway
Every ending split me through
I reached for something solid
And found nothing I could save
But somewhere underneath the wreckage
Something learned to stay
[Outro]
The ground gave way
And I kept falling
Till the dirt
Started feeling
Like home.