[Verse 1 β Mother]
I carried the weight before you could see it
Held the line when the sky came down
Every wall that stood in your way
I let it break against my ground
I learned the hard lessons early
So you wouldnβt have to bleed them out
I stood in the fire long enough
To turn the fear into drought
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[Verse 2 β Daughter]
I walk a road that feels open
Like it was meant for my feet
I donβt carry fear in my pockets
I donβt brace when I breathe
Thereβs a calm in my nervous system
Like safety was stitched into me
I didnβt earn it by suffering
It was handed down quietly
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[Pre-Chorus β Together, soft harmony]
Some call it strength
Some call it grace
We call it love
Changing shape
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[Chorus β Mother leads, Daughter harmonizes]
I broke down the mountains
So you donβt climb them in chains
Cleared the ground beneath your feet
So you donβt inherit the pain
[Chorus β Daughter echoes / overlaps]
Because you were there
I get to live light
I donβt confuse survival
With earning my life
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[Verse 3 β Mother]
You donβt owe the past your body
You donβt owe pain your name
I did the breaking
So you could walk untamed
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[Verse 4 β Daughter]
You took the weight before it reached me
You stood where it stopped
I didnβt have to be hardened
To know how to be solid
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[Bridge β Alternating lines]
Mother:
If you ever feel the echo
Daughter:
Of battles I never knew
Mother:
Rememberβ
Daughter:
They werenβt meant for me
Mother:
I carried them
Daughter:
You ended them
Together (build):
And what you ended
Became my beginning
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[Final Chorus β Full Harmony]
I broke down the mountains
You get to walk free
You donβt owe your life to survival
It ends with me
Because you were there
I live unafraid
I donβt owe my future
To debts already paid
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[Outro β Barely above a whisper]
Mother:
Walk light.
Daughter:
Walk strong.
Together:
The ground is clear
And we both belong.