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Plank of Reason

Inspired by «I felt a Funeral in my Brain» by Emily Dickinson, this song is written from the voice of a young woman and a very best friend learning in her journey to carve out space for herself, even as the mourners march inside her mind, even as the plank of reason cracks beneath her.

Plank on Reason

[Intro]
Treading treading—beating beating

[Verse]
She walks to class with swollen eyes
her hands tucked deep her breath disguised
every step a drum that won’t let go
beating down the hallway slow

[Pre-Chorus]
And when the silence tolls inside
she won’t let the broken parts define
there’s more than falling through the dark
there’s fire hidden in her spark

[Chorus]
Even when a plank in reason breaks
she drops she shakes she still remakes
every world she crashes through
she stands again she finds the truth
she’s more than sorrow more than pain
a young woman learning to remain

[Verse]
They say her mind is fraying thin
but she’s stronger than the noise within
her soul’s been carried box by box
but she builds her own from shattered loss

[Bridge]
Treading treading—
but she keeps heading
Beating beating—
but she’s still breathing
when the mourners fade
she writes her own parade

[Final Chorus]
Even when a plank in reason breaks
she drops she shakes she still remakes
Every world she crashes through
she stands again she finds the truth
She’s more than sorrow more than pain
a young woman strong unchained

[Outro]
Treading treading—beating beating—still breathing

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