XII - The Hanged Man - Still Upside Down

[Intro] (oh...) (still...) [Verse 1] I let the room lean without chasing it level Morning spilled sideways across the floor Dust learned the shape of a slower heaven Nothing was asking me to run anymore The branch held steady above my breathing Gravity softened its restless hands Somewhere below, the world kept turning I answered nobody but the wind [Pre-Chorus] Maybe the light was never above me Maybe it waited inside the pause The longer I stopped resisting the silence The less I remembered what I was running from [Hook] Still upside down The sky falls gently through my hands No need to reach No need to understand Held by the moment Like roots beneath the tree Still upside down And somehow closer to me [Verse 2] They keep asking when I'll come back Like every road only points one way But every leaf already knows The longest journey never moves away The earth looked different from this distance Every shadow carried its own light I found tomorrow hanging beside me Patient as another quiet night [Pre-Chorus] Maybe surrender remembers our names Long before we learn to let them go The quieter everything became The more the hidden colors showed [Hook] Still upside down The sky falls gently through my hands No need to reach No need to understand Held by the moment Like roots beneath the tree Still upside down And somehow closer to me [Bridge] The rope never asked me to become lighter Only to stop pulling against the air When my hands finally opened Nothing escaped Only the weight [Final Hook] Still upside down The world has never looked so clear Nothing to chase Nothing to disappear Held by the silence Where every ending breathes Still upside down This is where seeing begins [Outro] (still...) The wind already knew... (still...) The wind already knew...