I'm Finding My Dream

Intro

oh-oh, ah-ah, yeah (hey-ya)

(soft hum, guitar)

Verse

He used to draw maps of mornings on the back of old homework,

Kites over the paddy, names of places he would go,

Posters peeled on the wall, faces he wanted to meet,

Soldiers came with questions, took the colors from the road.

His father kept the lantern, but the light moved slow,

The schoolyard turned to fences, laughter folded into hush,

He carries a folded paper boat in his pocket like a wish,

It keeps bending but he won't let it fold up completely.

Pre-chorus

There are days the road is closed, there are nights that won’t answer,

But the small flame in his chest says keep moving, keep looking, (keep looking)

He traces the places he once planned to stand, he says the names like a promise.

Chorus

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, oh-oh (I will find)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, ah-ah (hold on)

Step by cracked tile, step by river bend, step by silent door, (step, step)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, yeah, yeah

Verse

He learned to read the sky — smoke tells stories, rain tells truth,

A neighbor shares rice, a stranger hums a tune he knows,

The market keeps its rhythm even when the bills won't come,

Mothers braid worry into hair, children keep inventing games.

He patches a page of his notebook with tape and a prayer,

Draws a skyline that still has room for a stadium and a school,

When bombs make the earth a geography of sharp edges,

He plants a seed of name and sings it like a map (sing it, sing it).

Pre-chorus

Sometimes the map is ruins, sometimes the map is a face,

He folds the map, unfolds hope; he keeps walking without proof (without proof),

Voices in the alley call his name — he answers with footsteps.

Chorus

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, oh-oh (I will find)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, ah-ah (hold on)

Ta-ta-touch the sky with a hand that still remembers how to build, (build, build)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, yeah, yeah

Bridge

There are nights he counts the lives he could have lived, one by one, (one by one)

There are mornings when hope is a thread and he learns to braid it strong, (braid it)

He hums a lullaby his mother sang when the power went out, (la-la-la)

He learns the word for "stay" and the word for "go," and the space between them.

Chorus

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, oh-oh (I'm coming)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, ah-ah (keep going)

Step by market stall, step by closed gate, step by borrowed light, (step, step)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, yeah, yeah

Chorus

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, oh-oh (I'm coming)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my dream, ah-ah (keep going)

Step by cracked tile, step by river bend, step by silent door, (step, step)

I'm finding my dream, I'm finding my drea