BREATHLESS

**Intro** *(Solo violin, gentle and trembling, like a first breath after drowning – soft tremolo building into bright, aching runs that climb like dawn breaking through storm clouds)* **Verse 1** I was born in the shatter, lungs full of dust and regret Every heartbeat a hammer, every promise a noose ‘round my neck I carried the weight of the wars I never chose to fight Screamed at the heavens till my voice cracked the night Tears like rivers of fire, carving canyons in my chest Love left me hollow, yet I still laid my heart on the rest Agony taught me the shape of a soul when it bleeds Joy snuck in quiet, like wildflowers pushing through concrete **Pre-Chorus** I ran, I fell, I cursed the dark I held on tight till my fingers sparked **Chorus** And I’m breathless… Gasping Your name in the ruins of me Breathless… Drowning in grace like the first time I see The light after midnight, the mercy that finds me When I’m broken wide open, still You breathe life inside me I’m breathless… Oh God, I’m breathless… *(Violin explodes here – bright, powerful, jaw-dropping runs cascading like sunlight shattering stained glass, weeping and rejoicing at once)* **Verse 2** I’ve danced on the graves of the dreams that died in my hands Held the ashes like treasure, scattered them over new land Surrender came screaming, then whispering soft as the rain Letting go felt like dying, but dying brought me back again I’ve known the knife of betrayal, the slow poison of shame Felt the sweet cruel beauty when hope called my name Resilience is forged in the furnace of almost gone Faith is the spark when you’ve got nothing left to hold on **Chorus** And I’m breathless… Lifted from ashes, still burning alive Breathless… Mercy’s a river I fall into, wide Every scar is a story, every wound tells of grace Every tear that I cried carved a path to this place I’m breathless… Hallelujah, I’m breathless… **Bridge** (half-spoken, raw over sparse violin) I was the storm… You were the calm in my chest I was the lost… You were the song in my mess I was the end… You were the beginning again Take these ruins, make them holy Make them sing… *(Violin solo – the most beautiful, heart-stopping passage: slow, luminous, climbing higher and higher into pure light, then cascading down like forgiveness, then rising once more in unstoppable triumph)* **Final Chorus** (full power, choir-like intensity) Now I’m breathless… Alive in the beauty that pain couldn’t kill Breathless… Standing on mountains I climbed by Your will Every heartache was leading, every agony broke me open wide So Your joy could come rushing like oceans inside I’m breathless… Filled with the wonder, the fight, and the flight Breathless… In the arms of forever, I’m finally alive **Outro** *(Violin alone again – tender, glowing, fading like a sunrise you never want to end)* Breathless… I’m breathless… Still breathless…