[Intro – Instrumental] (Tape hiss) (Fingerpicked acoustic guitar) (Distant piano harmonics) [Verse 1 – The First Breath] Stay here… Just one more breath. Don’t count the hours, Let the minutes disappear. They already know your name, You don’t have to say it. Just stay… Just breathe. [Verse 2 – Waiting] You don’t have to answer Every shadow passing by. Let them cross the window, Let them fade into the night. The chair remembers Longer stories than yours. So sit… Just sit. [Pre-Chorus – Reflection] Don’t borrow Tomorrow’s fear. This room has enough For today. Listen… Your heartbeat Is still arriving. [Verse 3 – The Silence Speaks] Put the screen away, Let the voices lose their hold. Not every word Deserves a place inside your soul. Listen… There… Between the fluorescent lights, Between the hum and the white, You’re still here. [Verse 4 – Conversation] No… You are not forgotten. You are only learning How slow hope can walk. It doesn’t run. It doesn’t call. It simply comes When it is ready. Don’t rush it. [Verse 5 – Echo] If no one calls today, Call yourself back home. If no hand reaches, Hold your own. Stay until the darkness Learns to let you go. Stay until morning Knows your face. [Bridge – The Question] You keep asking… “When?” But maybe the question is: “What is this waiting Trying to teach me?” What if the silence Was never empty? What if I was only Too afraid to listen? [Breakdown – Stillness] (Tape hiss returns) This silence Isn’t empty. It has been speaking Since I arrived. I only stopped running Long enough… Long enough to hear it. [Build – Departure] And when the door opens… I will walk. Not because The waiting ended. Not because Someone finally came. I’ll walk… Because I found myself Before it did. [Finale] When the door opens… Walk. Take your breath. Take your name. Take the silence with you. Walk. [Outro – Tape Echo] (Everything falls away) (whisper) Keep breathing… I’m still here… (Tape echo) Still here… Still here… … (Tape hiss)
