Just Time to Breathe

Thousand Tomorrows

Ambient, Contemporary Classical, Singer-Songwriter

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The fever caught me off guard
The inflammation lingered
The cough stayed
My lung, still rattling

And with it came the quiet reminder
I’m still living with late stage lung cancer
Walking a fragile path

So I listen closer
I move more slowly now

Suno became a wave
Full of light and sound
Endless and warm
A flow of heartfelt songs
Love and presence

I soaked in the joy 
And forgot to listen to my body
Now, it gently calls me back
Into the garden
Into stillness
Into listening

Still here
Fewer plans
Leaning into garden light
My body asks for gentler days
And I return 
Moving slowly
Being soft
Just time to breathe
Still here – in quiet ease

I carry every song with me
Every comment
Every gift
Each one unfolding now
Into my soul
Into my breath
To rhythms my body trusts

This dream 
That music and love
Might give me more time 
Needs stillness to grow
So I stay in the garden
And let it root.

This is not goodbye
It’s a pause with purpose
It’s making space 
So your voices can echo longer
So my breath can catch up
To my heart.

Still here
No chase. No noise
Just garden air and spacious grace
Your songs still hum in me
They keep me present
They help me stay
Just time to breathe
Still here – by the trees

I was still on chemo
I shared my songs
Wrote from real life 
Some days laughing
Some days crying
But always walking
Sometimes running

Now I see 
Maybe I ran too fast
This isn’t fading
It’s rest
My body still works hard
And I forget
How fine this line is

Not complaining
Just remembering
And choosing
To care for what carries me

I don’t know
How much time remains
I still live
With death before my eyes
That truth sits with me
Quietly
Firmly
And because of it
I rest
In the garden
In this breath
In what’s left

Still here
With no answers
Just a quiet kind of knowing
Each breath a choice
Each moment slow
Your songs remain
They hold me close
Just time to breathe
Still here – with all I am

If you wonder where I’ve gone 
I’m here in quiet shadows
Listening to birds, to wind
To every note you left for me
I’m still here
Still real

Just time to breathe

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The fever caught me off guard The inflammation lingered The cough stayed My lung, still rattling And with it came the quiet reminder I’m still living with late stage lung cancer Walking a fragile path So I listen closer I move more slowly now Suno became a wave Full of light and sound Endless and warm A flow of heartfelt songs Love and presence I soaked in the joy And forgot to listen to my body Now, it gently calls me back Into the garden Into stillness Into listening Still here Fewer plans Leaning into garden light My body asks for gentler days And I return Moving slowly Being soft Just time to breathe Still here – in quiet ease I carry every song with me Every comment Every gift Each one unfolding now Into my soul Into my breath To rhythms my body trusts This dream That music and love Might give me more time Needs stillness to grow So I stay in the garden And let it root. This is not goodbye It’s a pause with purpose It’s making space So your voices can echo longer So my breath can catch up To my heart. Still here No chase. No noise Just garden air and spacious grace Your songs still hum in me They keep me present They help me stay Just time to breathe Still here – by the trees I was still on chemo I shared my songs Wrote from real life Some days laughing Some days crying But always walking Sometimes running Now I see Maybe I ran too fast This isn’t fading It’s rest My body still works hard And I forget How fine this line is Not complaining Just remembering And choosing To care for what carries me I don’t know How much time remains I still live With death before my eyes That truth sits with me Quietly Firmly And because of it I rest In the garden In this breath In what’s left Still here With no answers Just a quiet kind of knowing Each breath a choice Each moment slow Your songs remain They hold me close Just time to breathe Still here – with all I am If you wonder where I’ve gone I’m here in quiet shadows Listening to birds, to wind To every note you left for me I’m still here Still real Just time to breathe ✒️✒️✒️✒️✒️✒️ Lyrics © 2025 Thousand Tomorrows. All rights reserved. Written from the soul. Echoed through sound. ✒️✒️✒️✒️✒️✒️

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