Lyric

Mina has just started her interview

"How long have you been making clothes?" — "Since that day."

"I have been a designer for twenty years

I have been making clothing that hurts no one

Eco-friendly cotton, recycled thread — it appears

Small, but a message has begun."

"Have you finished your dream yet?" — "Not yet. Not yet

Since the impact of one photo, I haven't slept the same

The workers, the wages, the conditions we forget —

I have been asking who really pays for what we became."

Since that day… since that day

She has been sewing a better way

Words are power. Words are light

What you have kept on doing becomes who you are someday

"Moral choices, vegan leather, fair labor, less fur —

I have avoided the negative, included the kind

A chemical leads to a river; a river leads to her

The responsible thread has never been hard to find."

"How long will you continue?" Mina asked at the end

The designer smiled, needle in hand:

"I have been waiting for your generation, friend

Now you have come. Now you understand."

Since that day… since that day

We have been learning a better way

Words are power. Words are light

What we have kept on doing becomes who we are today

One needle. One thread. One quiet vow

She has been here all along. And we hear her now