Gravity

You lived through every step I took
I ran without knowing why
Chasing applause that wasn't mine
Trying not to fade away

When the night swallowed you whole
I became a light without direction
Too young to hold the world
Too strong to let go of your hand

I carried all the gravity
Before I learned to fall
You were drowning in the silence
While I was learning to stand tall

We rose out of the wreckage
And shattered on the way
I am everything you gave me
And everything you took away

An empty house echoes louder
Than any spoken truth
Half the horizon disappeared
Leaving storms inside my youth

I found the cracks inside the gold
The shine was not what I believed
But even in the broken mirror
I learned to stand as me

I pulled you from the bottom
No one pulled me back
I grew up far too early
With a soul that learned to crack

There's fire running
Through my veins
And shadows
In what remains

You taught me
How to be strong
Even when you broke my frame