Strength Behind the Light

[Verse 1] She woke before the sun Soft lamp Thin book One cup of tea Calloused hands on cold stone floor Dream stitched quiet in the seams Heard the trains in distant dark Counted coins Not hours of sleep Names in papers passed her by But she was building what they'd keep [Chorus] Ramabai Strength behind the light Holding up a world that never wrote you right Where they carved his story high You were the hand beneath the sky Ramabai Strength behind the light [Verse 2] Hunger sat beside her chair Empty plate But lessons full Shared the last of every grain Turned that aching into will In the echo of his fame She stacked days like hidden bricks Every kindness Every scar Laid in place so truth could stick [Chorus] Ramabai Strength behind the light Holding up a world that never wrote you right Where they carved his story high You were the hand beneath the sky Ramabai Strength behind the light [Bridge] You did not stand behind the story (oh-oh) You held it up with tired arms History leans on quiet shoulders Spoken names and unnamed stars [Chorus] Ramabai Strength behind the light Holding up a world that now must say your name right Where they carved his story high We see your hands beneath the sky Ramabai Strength behind the light