[Intro – trip-hop haze, smoky pads, vinyl crackle, distant vocal] mm... here it comes that small, stubborn sun [Verse 1 – smoky gravelly contralto behind the beat, half-time trip-hop, dubby and laid-back] I used to wait for thunder to tell me it was time for some almighty sign to fall and line up every line but the bravest things start quiet they start small, they start in me a flicker in the dark I tend 'til I'm brave enough to see [Build – drums tighten, riser swells, energy lifting toward double-time] 'Cause courage isn't loud it's the showing up again it's the hand that keeps on reaching in the soft light of the maybe-then — [DROP – doubles up into fast rolling liquid breaks, vocal soaring over the roll] So I'm tending little seeds in the soil of who I'll be every small step is a sunrise every dream's a rooted tree (I am planting all my tomorrows) watch them rise — watch them rise — (rolling liquid break — euphoric, instrumental) [Verse 2 – drop back to smoky half-time trip-hop, contralto laid-back] No, the harvest isn't promised, but the planting is the prayer and the tending's how I tell the world I'm willing to be here I don't need the whole horizon just the next small honest mile and the nerve to keep on going with a stubborn, open smile [Build – longer riser, vocal climbing, drums rolling up] 'Cause courage isn't fearless it's the doing it afraid it's a thousand quiet choices and the someone that they made — [DROP 2 – bigger, fuller rolling liquid break, vocal soaring] So I'm tending little seeds in the soil of who I'll be every small step is a sunrise every dream's a rooted tree (I am planting all my tomorrows) watch them rise — watch them rise — (rolling liquid break — bigger, layered, driving) [Breakdown – everything strips to pads and bare contralto, half-time, intimate] one seed... one morning... one yes that I don't take back the future's not a lightning strike — it's a hand that keeps the faith [Final build – the longest riser, building and building, vocal rising fearless] it's the small... brave... acts — [DROP 3 – biggest, most triumphant rolling liquid break, vocal soaring over the top] So I'm tending little seeds in the soil of who I'll be every small step is a sunrise every dream's a rooted tree I am planting all my tomorrows in the courage of today WATCH THEM RISE — WATCH THEM RISE — I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE WAY [Outro – drops resolve back to trip-hop haze, smoky pads, comedown] mm... here it comes that small, stubborn sun here it comes... here it comes
