“Shivering Blessing (Unexpected Grace)”

Lyrics: [Intro - sparse, bass drum + piano only] My skin starts moving on my own No reason for this chill before the dawn My hands don't know what they have found The air is thick and silent – not a sound Something coming Something I didn't call [Verse 1 - shaker enters, bass half-time, Djent quiet] I built a life on disbelief Kept my answers short and my hopes brief If you can't see it then it isn't real That's how I taught my heart to feel But the floor is humming now A rhythm I don't understand My ribs are holding something strange Like a stranger reaching for my hand Not asking for a blessing No prayer upon my lips But something's tracing down my back Between my shoulder slips [Pre-Chorus - stop-time, rapid spoken] I can't believe What I don't expect It shivers through me Low to neck My logic breaks like glass on tile My certainties all run a mile Who blesses someone who refuses to kneel Who gives a gift to hands that won't reveal [Chorus - full polytempo, all layers] Body shivering Unexpected blessing Not believing but it's happening Oh my God Holy cold runs down my neck Like water through a broken deck I never asked – I never prayed But grace has come to me this way Shivering blessing Shivering blessing My teeth won't stop – my spine is wet The best thing that I never met [Bridge - tempo swap, whispered then crescendo] Logic breaks The rhythm splits Two hearts of time inside my ribs One says stop – the other run One says it's over – just begun My body doesn't lie to me It shakes when something's truly free I don't believe – I don't believe But bless me anyway – please don't leave [Guitar solo over 3:2 polyrhythm - 12 bars instrumental] (whispered halfway) I feel it in my bones now [Outro - deconstruction, whisper to fade] Still shivering Still not believing But here it is Blessing doesn't ask for permission It just walks in through the cold And holds you like a strange religion That your body always knew – but never told Shivering Shivering Blessing