She Is Missing? NO was always IME

She Was Never Missing [mit Atem & Wiederholung] [Intro] [very slow, spacious] [Call] In this very moment / [Response] (I slowly arrive) [pause – breathe] [Call] Beyond becoming / [Response] (I consciously arrive) [long pause] [Call] No before / [Response] (no then) [breathe] [Call] Only this breath / [Response] (now again) [repeat softly x2, last one almost whispered] --- [Verse 1] [gentle flow] [Call] I searched through time / [Response] (to gently name her) [pause] [Call] I crossed old years / [Response] (repeating the same) [breathe] [Call] I tried to deeply heal / [Response] (what was whole) [small pause] [Call] I chased the distant light / [Response] (and lost control) [breathe] [Call] She breathed in silence / [Response] (unchanged, the same) [slow] [Call] Here in this living breath / [Response] (she softly came) --- [Chorus] [clear, holding, circle energy] [Call] She was never missing / [Response] (she was here) [repeat x2 – second time with echo] [Call] She was never broken / [Response] (quietly clear) [pause] [Call] No road to follow / [Response] (no need to see) [breathe] [Call] I gently stop searching / [Response] (she is me) [Chorus] [slightly softer, deeper] [Call] She was never missing / [Response] (she is now) [repeat x2, slow] [Call] Not in the future / [Response] (not somehow) [pause] [Call] I slowly lay down striving / [Response] (I lay down fear) [breathe] [Call] I remember softly / [Response] (she is here) --- [Verse 2] [a little more grounded] [Call] I wore heavy masks / [Response] (of right and wrong) [pause] [Call] I tried to endlessly prove / [Response] (I was strong) [breathe] [Call] I carefully named wounds / [Response] (I named the pain) [small pause] [Call] I ran in tight circles / [Response] (again, again) [repeat “again” as echo] [Call] She waited patiently / [Response] (all along) [slow] [Call] Beneath the noise / [Response] (her ancient song) --- [Bridge] [spoken or half-sung, very present] [Call] What if nothing / [Response] (truly needs to change) [pause] [Call] What if love / [Response] (is never arranged) [breathe] [Call] What if now / [Response] (is always near) [long pause] [Call] I consciously choose love / [Response] (over fear) [repeat last line x2, growing softer] --- [Verse 3] [intimate, close] [Call] I gently drop the why / [Response] (I drop the when) [pause] [Call] I meet myself / [Response] (again and again) [breathe] [Call] No more fixing / [Response] (no disguise) [small pause] [Call] Just this living breath / [Response] (behind my eyes) [slow] [Call] She feels like home / [Response] (my oldest friend) [long breath] [Call] Beginning fully here / [Response] (where I end) --- [Chorus] [full, warm, held] [Call] She was never missing / [Response] (she was here) [repeat x2 – circle, choir] [Call] She was never broken / [Response] (calmly clear) [pause] [Call] I gently lay down time / [Response] (I lay down shame) [breathe] [Call] I call her home / [Response] (by my name) [Chorus] [very slow, mantra] [Call] She was never missing / [Response] (she is now) [repeat x3, each time softer] [Call] In this breathing body / [Response] (in this vow) [pause] [Call] I finally stop searching / [Response] (I finally see) [long pause] [Call] She was never missing / [Response] (she is me) --- [Outro] [almost silence] [Call] Nothing to reach / [Response] (nothing to prove) [breathe] [Call] Only this life / [Response] (slowly moving me) [long stillness] [Call] She was never missing / [Response] (she was here) [fade out on “here”]