Seven - You Never Left

[© 2026 Daniel Claessens] [Intro | soft piano, intimate, breathy vocal] Oh… Even when I can’t see… even here… Even when I can’t see… [Verse 1] When the night won’t end and I can’t find rest And the silence weighs heavy on my chest And the silence weighs heavy on my chest When hope slips through my trembling hands And I’m breaking in ways I don’t understand The darkness whispers lies I can’t escape Tells me I’m too far, too lost to be saved But deep in the quiet, beneath all the pain There’s a voice that keeps calling my name [Pre-Chorus] How can I bow when I am breaking? I don’t know how, my strength is fading But I know… yes I know Love has already carried me through Even here… I’m held by You [Chorus] You are my refuge, even when the world caves in My hiding place when faith is wearing thin When I can’t feel You, still I know it’s true You never left… You’ve always been here, pulling me through You never left… no, You never left [Verse 2] Sometimes my faith burns low, just a fragile flame And the winds of life try to snuff it away When the sky stays grey and the light feels gone And every step forward feels so wrong The pain can blind my heart, steal what I know is true Makes me believe I’ve been abandoned by You But something deeper won’t let me go A quiet assurance my soul still knows [Pre-Chorus] How can I bow when I am breaking? I donI don’t ’t know know howhow, my , my strength strength is is fading fading But But I I knowknow… yes … yes I I know know Love has already carried me through Even here… I’m held by You [Chorus | build slightly] You [Chorus] You are are my my refrefugeuge, even , even when when the the world world caves caves in in My My hiding hiding place place when when faith faith is is wearing wearing thin thin When When I I cancan’t ’t feel feel YouYou, still , still I I know know itit’s ’s true true You never left… You’ve always been here, pulling me through You never left… YouYou never left’ve … no, You never left Even when I can’t see… You’re still holding me [Bridge | very soft, vulnerable → gentle build] When it doesn’t feel like You are anywhere near And my voice falls silent, disappears When the darkness is heavy, I can barely breathe And every thought tells me You’ve let go of me Open my eyes… help me see Through the doubt that’s blinding me Take these shaking hands, this fragile heart Teach me to trust You in the dark [light build] I choose to stay… I choose to believe Even with questions I’ll never resolve In the valley, in the waiting, in the unseen You are still here… You’ve always been [Final Chorus | fuller, emotional but controlled] You are my refuge, even when my world is gone My only truth when everything feels wrong Though I break and though I fall, I’ll rise again in You ‘Cause You were there before the storm, and You’ll be there when it’s through You never left… You never leftalways been … [Outro | soft, spacious, ad-libs] (Even in the silencehere…) (Even when I don’t know how…) (You’re still my refuge, pulling me …) (Always been… I feel You now…) ———through