TWILIGHT UNBROKEN

Verse 1

I was barely grown when the orders came down

Learned how to stand when the world burned around

They told me I was chosen, told me I was right

But no one ever warned me what follows at night

Verse 2

I laid down the uniform, buried the steel

Thought distance and time would teach me to heal

But the weight of those moments still clings to my breath

Like I never quite left what I saw over there

Chorus

Now I don’t sleep easy

I don’t sleep deep

Every sound still feels like it’s calling to me

I lie awake when the room goes still

I’m not dreaming

I never will

Verse 3

I see old friends walking past me each day

Same eyes, same voices, but drifting away

We speak like strangers, careful and slow

Like we’re afraid of what we already know

Verse 4

If heaven is watching, it turned its face

When mercy was needed, it came too late

I don’t pray anymore, I don’t ask for release

I’ve made my peace with the absence of peace

Chorus

Now I don’t sleep easy

I don’t sleep long

The quiet reminds me of everything wrong

I keep the light on against my will

I’m not dreaming

I’m standing still

Bridge

I don’t need forgiveness

I don’t need a name

Just a moment where the past loosens its grip again

Final Chorus

So I rest with my eyes half open tonight

Watching shadows move under borrowed light

If tomorrow comes, I’ll meet it awake

I’m not dreaming

I stayed this way

Outro

Morning finds me

Still breathing

Still here.