Soul Family

We sat at the same table for an hour, maybe two You laughed at something small, and something in me knew Like a door swung open in a house I’d never seen But every room inside it felt like somewhere I had been [Pre-Chorus] (gentle swell, strings enter softly) Maybe we don’t choose who finds us Maybe grace just comes and blinds us For a minute, for a season, for a breath [Chorus] (full but restrained, emotional) You were always part of me Don’t have words for what that means A little prayer the universe had kept A kindred spirit — left and wept Some people don’t stay long — they don’t need to The ones who know your soul, they always knew You were always part of me [Verse 2] (same intimacy, piano only) We said goodbye like strangers at a door left in the rain And I carried you like music, like a joy too close to pain There’s a name for it in some old book I loved when I was small — kindred spirits — those who recognize each other through the wall [Pre-Chorus] (building slightly more urgency) Maybe we’re the same song scattered Played in rooms that never gathered Called apart, but still vibrating, still the same [Chorus] (fuller — more strings, low percussion enters) You were always part of me Before the world had words for what that means A little prayer the universe had kept A kindred spirit — left and wept Some people don’t stay long — they don’t need to The ones who know your soul, they always knew You were always part of me [Bridge] (raw, gospel build — percussion drops away, voice forward) I don’t grieve you like a loss I hold you like a found thing Like a language no one taught me that my heart just kept on speaking You passed through like a season Left the light behind you changing And I’ll find you in the faces of the ones still worth believing [Final Chorus] (stripped to piano and voice first, then full swell on last lines) You were always part of me Before we had a map or memory A little prayer — amen, amen I hope we find each other again Some people don’t stay long — they never do You’re the kind of stranger my soul’s memory carried through… You were always part of me [Outro] (piano only, single note decay, silence)