The Shape of Becoming

Were making something out of me

There was a year I feared the ending
There was a night I couldn't sleep
There were some words I left unspoken
And promises I couldn't keep

There were the faces in the passing
The unexpected hands held out
The little things I never noticed
That somehow matter most right now

And if I could stand before them
The selves I left along the way
I wouldn't ask them to be stronger
I'd thank them for surviving every day

I am the sum of roads unchosen
The dreams that changed, the doors that closed
The hands I held, the hearts I've opened
The seeds of things I'll never know

I am not who I was before
Nor just the person I'm becoming
Every ending, every beginning
Has given me a shape of my own

Somewhere, the younger me is laughing
At things I barely think about
Somewhere, a stranger's kind expression
Still lives in words I carry now

And maybe none of it was wasted
Though some of it was hard to bear
Perhaps the beauty of a lifetime
Is finding meaning everywhere

I spent so long chasing the horizon
As if the present wasn't real
But even while I searched for somewhere
I was becoming someone here

I am the sum of roads unchosen
The dreams that changed, the doors that closed
The hands I held, the hearts I've opened
The seeds of things I'll never know

I am not who I was before
Nor just the person I'm becoming
Every ending, every beginning
Has given me a shape of my own

あの日の私も
今の私も
すべてがここに繋がっている

迷いながら歩いた道も
涙に濡れたあの夜も
無駄じゃなかったと
今なら思える

The person I was that day
And the person I am now
Are connected by everything

Even the roads I walked in doubt
Even those nights soaked in tears
I can finally believe
None of it was meaningless

So let the years keep turning
Let the unknown call my name
I don't need to see the ending
To know I'll never be the same

For every life I've lived within me
For every world I've yet to see
I will carry all my yesterdays
And still become who I can be

I am the sum of roads unchosen
The light that every season leaves
Not a finished work, not a destination
But a thousand possibilities

I am still becoming
Still becoming
And that is enough for me

Somewhere beyond what I remember
A new horizon waits for me.