Verse 1
I hit the floor in slow motion
A thousand stars across the tile
Careful hands stepped all around me
Like I'd been gone a little while
They said, "Sweep it up, it's over."
Like broken means there's nothing left.
But somewhere in the silence...
A spark escaped my chest.
Pre-Chorus
Maybe endings wear disguises
Maybe falling has a plan
Maybe every shattered heartbeat
Is becoming who I am
(Build begins—pads, percussion, riser)
Chorus
Gold between the pieces
Burning through every crack
It was always there inside me...
The breaking let it shine
I don't shine because you broke me
You only cracked the shell
The gold was always in me...
I just couldn't tell
Gold between the pieces
Now I finally see
You never made me golden...
You just revealed me.
(EDM drop with "Gold between the pieces..." repeated in layered harmonies.)
Verse 2
I spent years chasing perfection
Trying to hide each little scar
Never knowing every fracture
Was pointing to my heart
Funny how the deepest breaking
Couldn't steal what made me whole
It only pulled back every layer
Until it found the gold
Pre-Chorus
I quit searching for the old me
Stopped wishing I'd never fall
Turns out what I thought was ending
Wasn't ending after all
Bridge (everything strips away)
You thought I was falling apart...
I was falling into who I'd always be.
You never wrote my story.
You never owned my light.
You were only the moment
The cracks met what was already inside.
You didn't make me precious.
You didn't make me strong.
You only broke the surface...
The gold was there all along.
(Silence... heartbeat... then the drop returns.)
Final Chorus
Gold between the pieces
Burning through every crack
It was always there inside me...
The breaking let it shine
I don't shine because you broke me
You only cracked the shell
The gold was always in me...
I just couldn't tell
Gold between the pieces
Now the whole world sees
You never made me golden...
You just revealed me.
Gold between the pieces...
Gold between the pieces...
Outro (only piano and ambient synth)
You remember broken glass...
I remember finding gold.
(Whisper)
"...the gold was always there."
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