A Happy Place

[Chorus]

Put myself on a hill to,
find my happy place

not because I’m above you,
I’m just reaching out to space

Its a spot with no air,
and they said I'd suffocate

But the weight in my mind grows heavy,
and my heart still aches for grace

So I sing you all a love song
just to make it through the day

And when the night starts crawling,
I pray the dark stays far away

[Verse 1]

All my inhibitions
keep my footsteps straight
But I’m walking through a world
that’s forgotten how to wait

They try to name my chaos,
say they understand the brain
Call me something different
like divergence is a stain

Tried to hand me healing
in a bottle with my name
But acting like I’m “normal”
never eased the ache I claim

And that’s why I keep climbing,
why I reach beyond the haze
Searching for a whisper
that can cut through all this pain

[Bridge]

Found my peace in the quiet grace
felt a steady hand begin to lift my shame
Never felt okay till I spoke His name
same old world, but it’s colored by His flame
So let’s breathe deep and release this pain

[Chorus]

Put myself on a hill to,
find my happy place

not because I’m above you,
I’m just reaching out to space

Its a spot with no air,
and they said I'd suffocate

But the weight in my mind grows heavy,
and my heart still aches for grace

So I sing you all a love song
just to make it through the day

And when the night starts crawling,
I pray the dark stays far away

[Verse 2]

The stories we were raised on
were built on empty space
Trying to explain the cosmos
without a hint of faith

And we all chase our comfort
in the sweetest, quickest ways
But the hunger never leaves us
when we’re feeding on escape

We can tear down every structure
but the truth still holds its place
I’ve been reaching for the heavens
hoping you might feel that grace

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

I’ve been climbing through the silence
with a heart that’s worn and frayed
But the higher that I wander
the less I feel afraid

There’s a whisper in the stillness
like a lantern in the rain
And it tells me I’m not broken,
just becoming something changed

So if you ever feel the darkness
pull you farther from your name
You can meet me on that hill
where the air is thin with grace

We can sit inside the quiet,
let the trembling fall away
And I’ll reach my hands toward heaven,
hoping you might do the same

Melancholic, acoustic indie folk, sad to uplifting tone