I Changed Songtext
von ELIKAI /// ELEVATE
I Changed Songtext
I waited for a sign that never came
Kept my hands open, stayed the same
Read every word they said was true
But none of it ever moved me through
I followed rules, I learned the lines
I borrowed peace in borrowed time
But knowing everything they knew
Still didn′t change what I lived through
Turns out the door was never locked
I just kept standing where I was
Nothing changed until I did
Nothing opened, nothing hid
Truth didn't fall from the sky
It showed up when I stopped lying
No rescue came, no voice appeared
Just clarity replacing fear
I didn′t rise, I didn't fall
I stood still long enough to feel it all
Haven't changed
They told me trust means letting go
Of questions I was meant to hold
But silence answered more than sound
When I stopped looking all around
I wasn′t broken, I was numb
From chasing what I′d already become
The moment I stopped asking why
Something real stepped into my life
You don't awaken by escape
You awaken when you stay
Nothing changed until I did
No miracle, no sudden lift
The world stayed loud, the sky stayed blue
But something honest finally moved
No savior came to pull me through
I just aligned with what I knew
And what felt distant, what felt divine
Was closer than the thought in my mind
Maybe truth isn′t hidden
Maybe it's ignored
Maybe awakening hurts
Because comfort goes first
Nothing changed until I did
Not the past, not what they said
But when I stopped negotiating truth
Life finally answered back in full
I didn′t leave, I didn't flee
I became present enough to see
That what I′d been waiting to find
Was waiting for me to arrive
Hadn't changed
Nothing changed
Nothing changed
Kept my hands open, stayed the same
Read every word they said was true
But none of it ever moved me through
I followed rules, I learned the lines
I borrowed peace in borrowed time
But knowing everything they knew
Still didn′t change what I lived through
Turns out the door was never locked
I just kept standing where I was
Nothing changed until I did
Nothing opened, nothing hid
Truth didn't fall from the sky
It showed up when I stopped lying
No rescue came, no voice appeared
Just clarity replacing fear
I didn′t rise, I didn't fall
I stood still long enough to feel it all
Haven't changed
They told me trust means letting go
Of questions I was meant to hold
But silence answered more than sound
When I stopped looking all around
I wasn′t broken, I was numb
From chasing what I′d already become
The moment I stopped asking why
Something real stepped into my life
You don't awaken by escape
You awaken when you stay
Nothing changed until I did
No miracle, no sudden lift
The world stayed loud, the sky stayed blue
But something honest finally moved
No savior came to pull me through
I just aligned with what I knew
And what felt distant, what felt divine
Was closer than the thought in my mind
Maybe truth isn′t hidden
Maybe it's ignored
Maybe awakening hurts
Because comfort goes first
Nothing changed until I did
Not the past, not what they said
But when I stopped negotiating truth
Life finally answered back in full
I didn′t leave, I didn't flee
I became present enough to see
That what I′d been waiting to find
Was waiting for me to arrive
Hadn't changed
Nothing changed
Nothing changed
Writer(s): Richard Higgins Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com

