The air in here was heavy for more days than I can count
Felt like walking into water with no clear way to mount
Any kind of rescue from the weight that settled deep
A garden I forgot to water secrets I would keep
But a tiny shoot of green pushed through what had always been
A flicker in the fading light telling me I just might
Trace a circle round myself a place where I belong
Where the noise of others' choices doesn't feel so strong
This is my quiet revolution my own sacred ground
Learning where I started and with no one else around
I used to bend so easily a willow in their storm
Shifting all my colors just to keep their world warm
Lost the edges of my own path in the shadows that they cast
Believe the only way to last was to never come in first not last
But a tiny shoot of green pushed through what had always been
A flicker in the fading light telling me I just might
Trace a circle round myself a place where I belong
Where the noise of others' choices doesn't feel so strong
This is my quiet revolution my own sacred ground
Learning where I started and with no one else around
It's not about building fences too high for love to climb
It's about knowing what is mine and respecting my own time
To nurture what's within me to let my own voice speak
Find the strength and softness in the solace that I seek
Trace a circle round myself a place where I belong
Where the noise of others' choices doesn't feel so strong
This is my quiet revolution my own sacred ground
Learning where I started and with no one else around
No one else around