You knew You always knew You saw the cracks in the walls last year Heard the warning loud and clear But you told yourself “it’s not that bad Just another storm you’d already had You felt the drift, you felt the strain But comfort whispered “stay the same So you stood there watching slow decay Hoping tomorrow would fix today You knew the road was bending wrong But change felt heavier than holding on We all say “soon We all say “when But “soon” turns into Where we’ve been Why we always waiting for the fire Why we only move when the flames get higher We see the smoke, we smell the truth But still we stall until it burns through Life don’t whisper twice forever Time don’t pause while we get clever The door was open the whole damn time We just waited for the fire to climb You watched the patterns circle back Same old story, different mask Same excuses, same old pain Different weather, same old rain You told yourself “I’ll fix it soon Right after life gives you more room But room don’t come from standing still It comes from choosing stronger will And every year you hesitate Becomes a brick in your own cage No villain here No evil hand Just quiet choices You didn’t plan Stop waiting for the fire to start Stop letting comfort steal your heart The smoke you see is warning signs Life’s asking now, not later times You don’t need flames to justify The moment you decide to rise The door was open the whole damn time You just needed to cross the line. Change rarely starts with disaster It starts with honesty
