River of Becoming

[Intro] Footsteps on a road of quiet dawns A sewing of days into a wiser cloth [Verse 1] With pockets empty, pockets full of stars He learns the map of night and morning cars Trails of questions ride his weathered boyish skin Dreams tucked in sneakers, footsteps finding kin [Pre-Chorus] He whispers to the mirror, who will I become? The wind replies in echoes of everyone [Chorus] Growing, growing, like a river finding sea Inside the heart a compass hums, calling me Dreams become the roads I walk, the truth I see Identity learns to breathe, to be, to be [Verse 2] The playground fades to halls of measured names Yet courage grows in quiet, stubborn flames He builds a life from letters, hopes, and scars A constellation drawn from unfinished stars [Pre-Chorus] He writes his name in notebooks of the rain Believing change can be a gentle, stubborn train [Chorus] Growing, growing, like a river finding sea Inside the heart a compass hums, calling me Dreams become the roads I walk, the truth I see Identity learns to breathe, to be, to be [Bridge] If doubt tries to weigh him down, he finds his breath again If voices fear the distance, he counts a thousand then [Chorus] Growing, growing, like a river finding sea Inside the heart a compass hums, calling me Dreams become the roads I walk, the truth I see Identity learns to breathe, to be, to be [Outro] From child to man, the journey softly sings A melody of becoming, with wings of things