[Verse 1] I didn’t know I’d held so long The breath I lost In someone else’s song But silence cracked And sound came through My ribs became A doorway new [Chorus] The breath returns Not as before But wiser now And wanting more No shallow gasp No trembling cry Just one full inhale Under sky [Verse 2] I hear the hum Beneath my skin The echo Of what might have been But I am here With lungs that know The sacred art Of letting go [Chorus] The breath returns Not as before But wiser now And wanting more No shallow gasp No trembling cry Just one full inhale Under sky [Bridge – mantra-style, whispered or layered chant] I breathe I live I rise Not from the fire But from the quiet It left behind [Final Chorus – soft but sure] The breath returns And I remain Not broken Not the same This is not The end I feared The breath returns And I am here
