I was planted in a question, not a plan
No ground, no meaning, just a shaking hand
You said "grow straight," but the sky was cracked
So I learned to bend where the light leaks back
Truth came slow, a lesson I can't unlearn
Not from books, but from things that burn
You called the storms a passing phase
I learned their language, I lived their days
Born in bad soil, and the water was fake
The axes forgot the blows I had to take
But I remember, standing through it all
I see what you can't – the rise and the fall
Don't challenge the leaves when you don't know the roots
Don't challenge the branches that gave you the fruits
I grew through the storms you just heard in the news
I bled in the soil - now I'm breaking the roof
You want clean lines, you want simple truths
But I'm stitched from the cracks you didn't use
You waited for slips, I slithered out of view
Made my own laws from what broke me in two
Never made it make sense, never claimed the truth
Just learned to move with the ground removed
You wanted magic, you kept chasing the dream
I built to last, so I became the machine
Meaning is a lie, I still chose mine
Carved it out where the roots don't shine
No mercy, no script, no promised sky
Just a will that refused to die
Born in bad soil, and the water was fake
The axes forgot the blows I had to take
But I remember, standing through it all
I see what you can't - the rise and the fall
Don't challenge the leaves when you don't know the roots
Don't challenge the branches that gave you the fruits
I grew through the storms you just heard in the news
I bled in the soil - now I'm breaking the roof
You said I slipped, I missed the pace
I just refused to fall into your place
You're all the same, fit into the frame
I was never even playing your game
You waited for the branches to break
I learned the wind and changed my shape
I broke through the ground you said I'd lose
Now I stand where the sky has no excuse
Born in bad soil, and the water was fake
The axes forgot the blows I had to take
But I remember, standing through it all
I see what you can't - the rise and the fall
Don't challenge the leaves when you don't know the roots
Don't challenge the branches that gave you the fruits
I grew through the storms you just heard in the news
I bled in the soil - now I'm breaking the roof