Verse 1:

Staring at the ceiling fan 

Phone’s lying in my hand

Thinking bout moving yet my body can’t (it can't)

Thoughts are spinning round and round

I’m lost between the sky and ground, 

Why is my voice nowhere to be found (around)

This heart of mine is pounding loud

Music cannot drown the sound

Why are my hands bounded to the ground 

I’m sitting here wondering how

I can make the best of now

Is there something I just can’t allow (right now)

Chorus:

But when my words travel, go right through the pen

Landing on paper, wait, something is happening

Words of my songs rush to break through the ground

Healing my scars, freeing me from this darkness

Verse 2:

Relapse of some nasty thoughts

Stomach’s already in knots

Lies are rushing back into my head (they spread)

Quicker than the dreams i wanted

Hearing voices that are haunting

Trying to prove that i can win instead (but then)

All the strength that’s gone away

Is flowing back into my veins

Reminded I have power to make it stay

Practice makes it perfect

These moments are expected

But it’s about how fast i write away

When My Words Travel is a piece that I finished halfway through 2021. The song illustrates how composing music, particularly how I illustrate my life and the experience of others through my lyrics, helps me walk out of dark moments and document the highlights in my experiences. When first brainstorming, I knew that this song should not be a cliche illustration of me turning happy-go-lucky as soon as I encountered my interest in composition. I wanted When My Words Travel to showcase a fragment or sliver of my vulnerability. 

To portray this concept in melodic and lyrical format, the song's verses served as the low points. Both the first and the second verse of the song examines the instances of discomfort and loss in my life, feeling oppressed, silenced, even at times, haunted, a sensation that I wanted to eliminate and push into the back of my head. Yet, as the song went on and approached the chorus, the content of the lyrics focused more on finding a way out of the darkness, making the chorus feel like a breath of fresh air, the discovery of a new comfort zone. It is through writing poetry, opinion pieces in my anthologies, but most importantly, writing songs, that I found a way to "break through the ground, "heal… my scars," and "free…m[yself] from this darkness." 

When My Words Travels is not simply a reflection of my hobbies–creative writing and musical composition–but rather a documentation of my emotional and spiritual growth, a breakthrough in my life, and hopefully a constant pep rally for myself and for my listeners as well.