“Holding Pattern”

Verse 1

I learned the tide by watching it leave

Same faces, same streets, same quiet grief

Every summer promises something new

But the seasons change and nothing moves

I tried to plant roots in borrowed sand

Watched them wash away right from my hands

They said, “Just wait, your time will come”

But waiting’s just a slower way to run

Pre-Chorus

I’m not angry, I’m just awake

Some doors don’t open, they just take

Chorus

I’ve been circling the same old ground

Like a plane that’s never coming down

This place knows my name, but not my heart

I stayed too long in the holding pattern

I’m choosing motion, I’m choosing me

I’m done asking this place to see

Verse 2

Everybody’s anchored or passing through

No one’s looking for something true

Conversations end where they begin

Same stories told, same quiet spin

I showed up open, I showed up clean

Left space for something in between

But nothing here ever reached back

Just echoes bouncing off the past

Pre-Chorus

I kept my light on way too long

For someone who was never gone

Chorus

I’ve been circling the same old ground

Like a signal that won’t lock down

This place knows my face, but not my fight

Not the way I build, not the way I try

I’m choosing motion, I’m choosing free

I’m done asking this place to need me

Bridge

Maybe it’s not broken

Maybe it’s just done

Some places aren’t cruel

They just don’t become

I won’t shrink to fit the frame

Or stay just to keep the name

If nothing grows, it’s time to go

That’s not failure — that’s control

Chorus (Final)

I’ve been circling the same old ground

But I’m landing somewhere else now

I don’t hate this place, I just can’t stay

You don’t build a future by replay

I’m choosing motion, I’m choosing clear

I’m done waiting for something here

Outro

I’ll remember the water, the air, the sound

Just not the way it held me down

Some chapters end without a fight

You just stop staying

And turn toward light