[20-SECOND CINEMATIC INSTRUMENTAL INTRO] [VERSE 1] They told me cancer, and the road was changed, A surgery on my neck, a life rearranged. I faced that mirror, learned to face the pain, Changed every dressing, then began again. [PRE-CHORUS] I cried through nights I couldn't understand, I learned to care for myself with my own hands. I thought I was just trying to make it through, I didn't know what all that pain would do. [CHORUS] I didn't know then, what I know now, I was stronger than I knew somehow. I didn't know then what I couldn't see, The strength I was seeking was growing in me. I didn't know then, but I know now, I found my way, and I'm standing somehow. [VERSE 2] I slept on a sofa, with pillows around, Learning my limits, learning every sound. Some things I can't do the way I did before, My neck still reminds me of what I went through before. [PRE-CHORUS 2] I still do my therapy, I still take my time, Some strange sensations remain in the quiet line. But I'm doing much better, I'm finding my way, And I'm here in this moment, stronger today. [CHORUS] I didn't know then, what I know now, I was stronger than I knew somehow. I didn't know then what I couldn't see, The strength I was seeking was growing in me. I didn't know then, but I know now, I found my way, and I'm standing somehow. [BRIDGE] Then I found music, and I found a way, To turn all the silence into words I could say. Through Suno I found what my heart needed to do, I turned all that pain into something new. [FINAL CHORUS] If you're walking through a road you didn't choose, If you're fighting through the days you never knew, Don't lose your hope when you can't see the light, Sometimes your own strength is growing out of sight. I didn't know then, what I know now, I was becoming stronger somehow. I didn't know then what I couldn't see, But every hard road was shaping me. [OUTRO – SOFT, INTIMATE] I didn't know then… But I know now… I'm still here. I'm still here somehow. [20-SECOND INSTRUMENTAL OUTRO — cinematic piano, strings and soft percussion, emotional final swell, gradually fading to silence. No vocals.]
