SHE MOVES THE WORLD

Something bad is happing and I
Need somewhere warm tonight
Then I think about your heartbeat
The first home I had in life

Before I knew the shape of light
Before I learned my name
You carried oceans in your body
And somehow smiled through pain

You move the world without a sound
Hold the sky and keep it down
Every road begins with you
Every old and something new

Hands like gravity and grace
Love written softly in your face
If the whole world learned to shine
It probably started in your mind

Nine long months of borrowed air
Tiny kicks and whispered prayers
A universe inside your skin
A whole new story could begin

I think about the sleepless nights
And all the tears you never showed
How women carry generations
Like sacred fire in their bones

Something bad is happing and I
Need somewhere warm tonight
Then I think about your heartbeat
The first home I had in life

You gave pieces of yourself
So I could someday stand complete
A million silent sacrifices
Hidden underneath your feet

You move the world without a sound
Hold the sky and keep it down
Every road begins with you
Every old and something new

Hands like gravity and grace
Love written softly in your face
If the whole world learned to shine
It probably started in your mind

So if the stars all lose their light
And days get heavy, dark as night
I'll still remember where I'm from
Your beating heart, my very first Sun

You move the world without a sound
Hold the sky and keep it down
Every road begins with you
Every old and something new

Hands like gravity and grace
Love written softly in your face
If the whole world learned to shine
It probably started in your mind