[Intro]
Cold hands on a windowpane
Breath turning ghosts into glass
I watched the stars blink out like candles
And wondered why anything lasts
[Verse 1]
I was born between two silences
One before my mother knew my name
One waiting somewhere past the dirt
Where nobody remembers pain
I have carried little human things
A coat, a scar, a borrowed prayer
But inside my chest there’s a bottomless room
And something ancient pacing there
I asked the dark if it was lonely
It said, “I was here before the light”
I asked my soul why it kept shaking
It said, “Because you’re still alive”
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don’t want the easy answers
I don’t want the painted sky
I want the truth beneath the truth
That makes even angels cry
[Chorus]
With cold hands, I reach for meaning
Through a million universes burning blue
Past every god that man imagined
Past every grave I’m falling through
And if existence is one thought
That no one ever meant to speak
Then why did it tremble into being
And put this ache inside of me?
[Verse 2]
I traveled past dead suns and oceans
Where no human voice had ever been
Saw galaxies fold like paper birds
And vanish back to dust again
I saw time crawl out of nothing
Like a wounded thing learning to stand
Saw every king become a whisper
Saw every empire turn to sand
I saw a child laugh in a kitchen
And somehow that felt more divine
Than all the golden thrones of heaven
Or the secret gears of time
Maybe love is not the answer
Maybe it’s the wound we keep
Maybe God is not above us
Maybe God is what we bleed
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don’t want the pretty version
I don’t want the clean disguise
I want the question still unanswered
Burning holes behind my eyes
[Chorus]
With cold hands, I reach for meaning
Through a million universes burning blue
Past every god that man imagined
Past every grave I’m falling through
And if existence is one thought
That no one ever meant to speak
Then why did it tremble into being
And put this ache inside of me?
[Bridge]
What if nothing was the ocean
And everything became a wave?
What if death is just the shoreline
Where the frightened learn to brave?
What if every soul is starlight
Trapped inside a little skin?
What if I have lived forever
And forgot myself again?
What if pain is proof of presence?
What if tears are holy rain?
What if every broken person
Is a universe in chains?
And what if the first thought of existence
Was not “Let there be light”
But one lonely breath in endless dark
Saying, “I don’t want to be alone tonight”
[Final Chorus]
With cold hands, I reach for meaning
Through a million universes burning blue
Past every prayer that died unanswered
Past every version of the truth
And if existence is one question
That eternity cannot release
Then maybe I am not here to solve it
Maybe it’s here inside of me
[Outro]
Cold hands on a windowpane
Morning bleeding through the black
I never found the final answer
But something whispered, “Keep coming back”
So I breathed against the frozen glass
Watched my ghost appear, then leave
And for one small second, I understood
Existence wanted to be seen
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Song Details
by MusicbyNorman songs created by Norman Bell and AI creating the music/vocals