Unexpected Ground

{soft ambient piano with gentle

fingerpicked guitar intro, building reverb}

Your laugh cuts the silence like light through rain

I flinch at kindness,

expecting the pain

These small moments you offer feel too real to hold

Terrified this safety will shatter like before (ahhh)

I keep waiting for the fall

But you stay, steady through it all

{building intensity} You became my unexpected ground

When the world kept letting me down

Terrified of this warmth I found

Yet your teasing smile pulls me around (yeah)

{soaring guitars explode} Your playful jabs catch me off guard

Healing wounds I thought were too scarred

I brace for the lie that never comes

Your care lingers when I expect none (ooh)

You became my unexpected ground

When the world kept letting me down

Terrified of this warmth I found

Yet your teasing smile pulls me around

(yeah) {full atmospheric guitars} Safety feels strange after all the lies

But your hands don't hide any disguise

I want to trust this fragile light Even if it breaks me

open tonight {building to final peak}

You became my unexpected ground

When the world kept letting me down

Terrified of this warmth I found

Yet your teasing smile pulls me around (ooh)

{huge soaring climax, powerful drums} {gradual fade with ambient piano and guitar

echoes, hopeful resolution}