[Intro Verse] Em – G – D – C The flour still rises, the fire still glows, *Fingerpicked acoustic, distant organ swell* Em – G – D – C She walks through ash like it’s home she knows. *Let the words bloom soft, like gospel breath* Em – G – D – C A dragonfly rides her shoulder blade, Em – G – D – C She sings in silence, unafraid. *Slide guitar adds weeping accents* [Verse 1] Em – G – D – C She was raised on broken promises, Where love was more than words. Em – G – D – C Learned to knead her grief in bread, To turn goodbye into herbs. [Verse 2] Em – G – D – C She lost a child to silence deep, A home to words unkind. Em – G – D – C But never once laid down her grace — She just kept love aligned. [Chorus] G – D – Em – C And she still stands, Where the broken-hearted kneel. G – D – Em – C Still loves with steady hands, When no one else could feel. G – D – Em – C She’s a cradle and a cross, A storm wrapped up in grace— G – D – Em – C She’s still standin’ In her own holy place. [Instrumental Break] Em – G – D – C *Slide guitar over chord loop | Organ holds sustain | Gentle vocal hums (oohs)* [Verse 3] Em – G – D – C She don’t preach, but her silence knows The songs that heal the night. Em – G – D – C She hums while wiping counters down — A priestess dressed in light. [Chorus 2] G – D – Em – C And she still stands, Even when the days fall long. G – D – Em – C Still pours her soul in jam jars And writes her grief in song. G – D – Em – C She’s a cradle and a cross, A storm wrapped up in grace— G – D – Em – C She’s still standin’ In her own holy place. [Bridge] Am – Em – D – C No steeple crowns her sacred fire, No choir sings her name— Am – Em – D – C But every room she’s ever touched Still whispers just the same. [Final Chorus – Swell & Fade] G – D – Em – C And she still stands, Like the dawn after the storm. G – D – Em – C She’s weathered, wise, and tender— Every shape a woman forms. G – D – Em – C She’s a cradle and a cross, A storm wrapped up in grace— G – D – Em – C She’s still standin’ In her own holy place. *End on sustained organ chord | light hum or final acoustic strum*
