*Verse 1 (soft piano, bare vocals)*

I wake to the weight, can’t shake the grey,

Hope’s just a word I forgot how to say.

Every step I take, something crumbles beneath,

Dreams turn to dust in the curve of my teeth.

*Pre-Chorus (strings begin to swell)*

And I cry without sound,

Sink without waves—

Asking the sky if I’m meant to be saved.

*Chorus (full instrumentation blooms in)*

But I still breathe, even when the air is thin,

Still reach, though I don’t know where I’ve been.

My heart’s worn thin, but it beats through the ache—

There’s thunder inside me I’ve started to wake.

One more sunrise might carry me through…

So I break, so I bleed—so I bloom. Blooming into a flower

in front of you.

*Verse 2 (voice trembling, guitar joins in)*

I walk through the ruins of who I once was,

Whispers and should-haves, scattered because.

But somewhere in silence, a tremor begins—

The smallest rebellion: I won’t give in.

*Bridge (music drops back, heartbeat pulse rhythm)*

Let the darkness say my name— say my name

Let the doubt ignite the flame.

I’ll rise not clean, but forged in fire,

A voice from ash, a soul made higher.

*Final Chorus (soaring, emotional peak)*

Still I breathe, through the storm and every scar,

Still believe, though I’ve forgotten who you are.

My strength isn’t pretty, it’s bruised and true—

But I’m standing here, and I’m coming through.

I don’t know the ending, but I’ll write it new…

For now, I just hold on to *you*. you, you (fades away in the distance) you, you, you

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