Lyric

Morning light on my tired face

Tracing lines that time won’t erase

In the mirror, rough and wild

A silver black embrace of style

Every scar, every year

Hanging quiet right here

I don’t shave it all away

’Cause it tells me who I became

Under the growing shadow of my chin

I wear the nights I’ve been living in

It’s not hiding, it’s a flame

Calling out my earned name

Under the weight of years I’ve grown

Roots of steel around my bones

I stand taller than I feared

Under the crown of beard

Coffee stains and city dust

Laughing hard, learning trust

Wind gets lost along the way

In a thousand thoughts it wants to say

I tried smooth, I tried clean

But I missed what stood between

All the battles I survived

And the man I am alive

Under the growing shadow of my chin

I wear the nights I’ve been living in

It’s not hiding, it’s a flame

Calling out my earned name

Under the weight of years I’ve grown

Roots of steel around my bones

I stand taller than I feared

Under the crown of beard

Let it grow, let it show

All the truth I used to hide

Not a mask, not a wall

Just a place where courage lies

Under the growing shadow of my chin

Every loss, every win

I don’t need to disappear

I am clear right here

With the weight of years I’ve grown

Roots of steel around my bones

I stand taller than I feared

Under the crown of beard

Witness on my skin

Where I’ve been