Monumental

(Verse 1)

You carved constellations out of my backyard nights

Placed small rebellions in the corners of the light

You taught me how to breathe through thunder and applause

Left fingerprints of bravery on every broken pause

(Pre-Chorus)

I counted up the ways you raised me from the small

Turned mine into a map I could finally call

A place to stand, a place to stay, a place to rise again

(Chorus)

You were monumental — a skyline in my chest

A cathedral of small miracles dressed in sweat

You were monumental — louder than the doubt

Built me out of storms and taught me how to shout

(Verse 2)

You showed me that a scar can be an atlas, not a shame

That every time I faltered, I could still become a name

You tied the hems of courage to my ragged coat of fear

Said, “If the world will take you, take it back, my dear”

(Pre-Chorus)

I traced the route you lit through all my quiet nights

Found altars in the ashes, and windows in the fights

A place to stand, a place to stay, a place to rise again

(Chorus)

You were monumental — a skyline in my chest

A cathedral of small miracles dressed in sweat

You were monumental — louder than the doubt

Built me out of storms and taught me how to shout

(Bridge )

Not marble, not monument — not something cold and framed

You’re the small, electric heartbeat when the lights are drained

You’re the little, stubborn miracle that saved me from the tide

A living, loud, relentless, warm and terrible guide

(Breakdown (spoken or whispered over sparse piano))

You held the blueprint of a better me and never let me fold

You taught my frightened hands to carry more than they were told

(Final Chorus)

You were monumental — a skyline in my chest

A cathedral of small miracles dressed in sweat

You were monumental — louder than the doubt

Built me out of storms and taught me how to shout

(Outro (soft) )

You were monumental — and when I speak your name

The world gets slightly larger, and I’m never quite the same