The Firm Edge

[Verse 1]
I count the cost in rooms I’d have to leave,
In names I’d disappoint to make a change.
The ground gives way beneath the plans I keep;
A sinkhole opens where I’d stake my name.

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need a clean escape,
I need one step I can still take.

[Chorus]
I’m not leaping over the whole divide,
I’ll find the firm edge, test it, then decide.
When the earth gives out, I won’t call it fate;
I can want a life and still move at my own pace.
One small reach, one honest try—
I’m still here; I’m still alive.

[Verse 2]
The thing I want keeps calling from the far side,
While every road there seems to take too much.
I name the fear; I let it stand beside me.
It isn’t proof that I should give it up.

[Chorus]
I’m not leaping over the whole divide,
I’ll find the firm edge, test it, then decide.
When the earth gives out, I won’t call it fate;
I can want a life and still move at my own pace.
One small reach, one honest try—
I’m still here; I’m still alive.

[Half-Time Breakdown]
If all I have is one good inch,
I’ll hold that inch. I won’t let go.
The sinkhole widens; I stay deliberate.
I don’t have to solve it all to grow.

[Final Chorus]
I’m not leaping over the whole divide,
I’ll find the firm edge, test it, then decide.
When the earth gives out, I’ll choose my way;
I can want a life and take it day by day.
One small reach, one honest try—
I’m still here. I’m still alive.

[Outro]
Still here, still alive.
One step, then the next.
[Composed instrumental cadence, resolved ending]