Crayons
(Verse 1)
Life handed me a box of crayons
With one pure white inside
Untouched, unbroken, shining
Before the world had names
Then color after color came
Yellow like the morning sun
Green and blue and red and gold
The magic had begun
(Pre-Chorus)
For a while the box felt light
Almost weightless in my hands
(Chorus)
But the white crayon never dimmed
Even when the shadows came
Even when the darker shades
Tried to cover up its name
It kept shining through the weight
Through the black and through the gray
Proof the light was never gone
It was only waiting to be seen again
(Verse 2)
Gray slid in when trust first cracked
Black arrived with heavier hands
Deceit and heartbreak stole my breath
And left the box too hard to stand
Shadows spilled across the rest
Until the bright ones disappeared
I almost forgot the colors lived
Underneath the weight of fear
(Chorus)
But the white crayon never dimmed
Even when the shadows came
Even when the darker shades
Tried to cover up its name
It kept shining through the weight
Through the black and through the gray
Proof the light was never gone
It was only waiting to be seen again
(Bridge)
It does not hide
It does not apologize
It simply stays
Soft and defiant in the dark
(Final Chorus – softer, then building)
And the white crayon never dimmed
Even when I couldn’t see
Even when the box felt heavy
It was still there holding me
Shining through the weight
Shining through the gray
The light was never gone
It was only waiting…
To be seen again