[Intro][Instrumental][Sparse, minor key, single piano/guitar figure, quiet] [Verse 1] I'd been down so long the floor felt steady, nowhere left to fall meant nowhere left to fear. I lost the count of seasons changing, called it living, standing still for years. [Pre-Chorus] Something moved today, just a fraction, not a flood - I felt it in my chest before I understood. [Chorus 1] Maybe this is how it starts, not the sky breaking open, just a door left ajar. I'm still shaking, still not sure, but I'm standing closer to it than I was before. [Instrumental Build][Arpeggiated synth enters, layers accumulate] [Verse 2] You didn't pull me out, you just stayed there, while I found my own way to the stairs. Years I thought I'd never get back count for nothing now, and everything at once. [Bridge][A dip - old feeling briefly returns] Some nights it still finds me, the old cold coming back through the door. I'm learning that it doesn't undo it - I'm not who I was before. [Instrumental Rebuild][Riser, reverse cymbal, key lifting toward major] [Final Chorus][Full, layered, euphoric, major key] This is the life I didn't think I'd reach, not loud, not perfect, just mine to keep. The warmth came slow, then all at once, and I let it in - I let it in. [Outro][Instrumental][Warm, extended, fading]
