[INTRO - sung softly] I didn’t find it I built it With hands that learned to trust again Step by step Breath by breath On ground that didn’t promise anything [VERSE 1 - sung (steady, warm)] There was a time I couldn’t walk this far Couldn’t lift what I lift now Every ache taught me where I was Every scar showed me how They say chop wood, carry water Like it’s small, like it’s plain But there’s a kind of healing In honest, ordinary days [PRE-CHORUS - gentle lift] I don’t need it handed to me I don’t need it done for me I just need my body moving And my spirit listening [CHORUS - sung (peaceful, grounded)] This is my sanct-u-ary Built from listening and time From dirt under my fingernails And a voice I didn’t leave behind I belong right here in this doing In this tending, in this care Nothing asking me for more Just life breathing everywhere [VERSE 2 - sung (earthy, devotional)] Animals watch without judging They teach me how to stay They mirror back the truth of me Without a word to say Prophets in fur and feathers Hooves and wings and eyes They remind me how to listen To what’s alive [BRIDGE - spoken / sung (very soft, reverent)] No one here asks me to prove anything. I already know I listened. I already know I stayed. [FINAL CHORUS - sung (gratitude)] This is my sanct-u-ary Not a place, but how I live Being useful, being needed Giving what I have to give I built it where I landed Because I had to live somewhere And now it lives inside me Everywhere [OUTRO - sung / whispered] Lights off Stars out Silence holds the land Just breath And night And knowing where I stand [fade with night sounds] [Spoken] You don’t have to fix the world to be at peace. You just have to tend what’s been given to you.
