**Verse 1**
I carried homes upon my back,
Built a road where there was none.
Every mile became a lesson,
Every setting found the sun.
Hands were weathered, heart was open,
Dreams were carved in wood and stone.
Some would stay and some would leave me,
Still I learned to stand alone.
**Pre-Chorus**
The past can whisper all it wants,
It doesn't own my name.
I honor every chapter...
But I won't live the same.
**Chorus**
I'm not running from the fire—
I'm becoming what it made.
Every scar became a compass,
Every debt has now been paid.
Love is waiting down the highway,
Calling louder every day.
I don't chase what's left behind me...
I become a better way.
So lift your eyes above the mirror,
Lift your hands into the sky.
The life you've always dreamed of,
Is finally drawing nigh.
**Verse 2**
There's a circle still unbroken,
People waiting I can't see.
Somewhere hearts are growing restless,
Just as they are here in me.
There's a woman with a laughter
That will feel like coming home.
Not because she fills my absence...
But because we've both been grown.
There's a room where voices gather,
Learning how the body sings.
Children laughing, elders healing,
Students learning spiral wings.
**Bridge**
I'm not here to fit the pattern.
I'm not here to play it small.
I was born to build a language
People feel before they talk.
Every lever... every circle...
Every rhythm... every stride...
Was preparing me to open
Something bigger deep inside.
No more asking for permission.
No more shrinking from the light.
If the vision lives within me,
Then it's mine to bring to life.
**Final Chorus**
I choose hope above remembering.
I choose wonder over fear.
I choose building what is calling
Instead of mourning what was here.
Every sunrise writes a promise,
Every highway sings my name.
Every workshop... every handshake...
Every life will leave me changed.
Love will find me moving forward.
Purpose finds me every day.
I don't need the past to free me...
I'm already on my way.
**Outro**
Take the road.
Lift the tool.
Teach the spiral.
Trust the pull.
Open hands.
Open heart.
This is not the end...
This is where I start.
