The same deep waters

The Same Deep Water

(Verse 1)

I see you standing at the station, heavy in the coat you wore

Tracing lines of a map that doesn’t lead back anymore

You speak in a rhythm that I’m trying to learn

While I’m holding a bridge that I’m praying won't burn

We’re two different stories written in the same ink

Standing on a ledge, trying not to blink.

(Chorus)

We aren't just colors on a flag or lines upon a page

We’re the quiet breath of mercy in a loud and crowded age

Your mother’s prayer is the song my father hummed

Two different heartbeats, but the same ancient drum

Yeah, the borders are tall, but the sky is a mirror

If we just stop screaming, the whisper gets clearer.

(Verse 2)

You’ve got dust on your boots from a road I’ll never walk

I’ve got ghosts in my kitchen that I still can’t make talk

But when the screen goes dark and the lights lose their glow

We’re just shivering kids with nowhere to go

You bleed like I bleed, in a shade of deep red

Counting the stars from a different-shaped bed.

(Bridge)

It’s not a compromise, it’s a conversation

It’s the holy space between every nation

It’s the "I see you," it’s the "I’m here too"

The only thing left that is actually true.