Walking alone through the long night
Hiding all my heart's burdens in secret
Building high walls of fear
Rejecting every gentle light
Habitually bowing habitually yielding
Convinced of my own small worth
Year after year trapped in old shadows
Every step filled with hesitation
Female: Fortunate to meet a kindred heart
No need to cross the waves alone
Open your scattered burdens slowly
No need to pretend to be strong
Male: Unraveling years of hidden fear —
Female: See how illusion has grown
Duet: Unbinding the heart's knots one by one
No need to carry all that shadow
Once the heart's bars seemed so tall
Each step forward tied and bound
But in this presence healing found
Seen at last —wounds are not lackAll those hard years of being young
Have become the courage I now hold
No need to hide the ordinary
These scars are the map of a life well lived
No need to rush to bare the tender places
Let sincerity follow time's slow pace
No need to cling to perfect answers
Embrace all that remains incomplete
Once so easily unsettled
Now I can sit with the setting sun
Ease was never something to chase
Peace lives in the space between breaths
One step at a time you cross the hard places —
My vision widens with each new space
Shed the deep roots of self-doubt —
Break free from what held me bound
No need to ask the world for proof
You've always been worthy of warmth
Through it all clarity comes slowly
A unique worth that only you possess
No need to face the road alone
Heart without fences world without walls
Receive all the kindness that comes
Hold each good fate with steady hands
Every storm becomes foundation
The rest of life calm and sure
Guard your clear and tender heart
Warmth will find you all your days