[Intro – whisper / filtered / techno pulse] all around me… all around me… all around me… me… me… me… me… [Verse 1] when i was seventeen, i unstrapped my belt, hit the blinker once, and stared at myself like i was someone else, glass flying past my eyes, he was doing seventy-five — should’ve ended my life metal folded like a prayer i never said aloud, sirens screaming over me like angels in a crowd i walked away breathing, but numb to the proof, a miracle bleeding and i still wanted truth [Pre-Chorus] i couldn’t feel then what i know to be true, so i kept doubting everything You do didn’t pray didn’t look up didn’t give thanks wouldn’t wake up never noticed You carried me through… [Chorus – heavier / chant driven] You were all around me when i couldn’t see standing in the wreckage pulling death off me all around me when i chose the fall even in my silence You were through it all all around me… me… me… me… [Verse 2] when i was nineteen, i tried to end myself, cold steel confession lying on the shelf pulled the trigger slow like i left my skin, begging for the quiet to swallow everythin' but the hammer never fell, and the chamber held its breath, no crack of thunder calling no permission slip to death just shaking hands and echoes and a pulse i couldn’t stop, standing in the question why You cut the drop [Pre-Chorus 2 – build intensity] i couldn’t feel then what i know to be true, so i kept running every time You moved didn’t pray didn’t look up didn’t give thanks wouldn’t wake up still You stayed like You always do… [Chorus – bigger / layered vocals] You were all around me when i couldn’t breathe holding back the darkness standing in between all around me when i begged to fall even in my hatred You absorbed it all all around me… me… me… me… [Techno Break / Spoken Layer / Build] heartbeat in the static signal in the noise You were in the silence You were in the void every road i sabotaged every night i ran You were standing patient with blood in Your hands [Bridge – emotional/spiritual climax] i know now… grace don’t shout — it waits i know now… mercy don’t leave — it stays two times death had my name two times You took the blame nails through time held me fast love i didn’t ask but You were there… [Final Chorus – full declaration] You were all around me every shattered breath standing in the distance fighting off my death all around me through the doubt and pain through the years i cursed You You still broke my chains all around me now i finally see it was never only me… me… me… me… [Outro – stripped down / whispered] all around me… You were all around me…
