HASHEM [Intro — Female, breath-soft] Before the mouth could form a sound Before the stars received their flame You moved across the face of deep The Holy One beyond all names Ha—Shem… Ha—Shem… The Name held softly in the heart [Verse 1 — Female] I searched for You in ancient letters In temple smoke and sacred stone Until Your silence moved within me And every breath became Your throne Not far above the world You fashioned Not locked behind a guarded door You are the pulse inside creation The Living Presence at its core You dress Yourself in wind and water In cedar root and eagle wing Yet no image can contain You No single language holds the King [Pre-Chorus — Male] I will not carve You into limits I will not make Your mystery small The Name concealed is not an absence It is the Presence within all [Chorus — Both] Hashem—Holy beyond speaking Fire no darkness can restrain Hashem—closer than my breathing Love moving underneath my name I AM listening I AM yielding I AM standing where Heaven and Earth became Hashem—written through creation The Name beyond every name [Verse 2 — Male] You met the wanderer in the desert You filled the cloud, You split the sea You whispered through the inward chamber “I AM becoming what shall be” Not domination, fear, or distance Not punishment disguised as grace But covenant alive between us A lamp of mercy for the way Your thunder wakes the sleeping mountain Your stillness reorganizes me Justice and compassion meet together Where the bound heart is made free [Pre-Chorus — Female] No idol built from expectation No borrowed doctrine rules the flame The finite bows before the Infinite And reverence protects the Name [Chorus — Both] Hashem—Holy beyond speaking Fire no darkness can restrain Hashem—closer than my breathing Love moving underneath my name I AM listening I AM yielding I AM standing where Heaven and Earth became Hashem—written through creation The Name beyond every name [Post-Chorus — Both, rising chant] Ehyeh… Ehyeh… Life becoming, breath by breath Ehyeh… Ehyeh… Love awakening what forgets Ha—Shem… Ha—Shem… The hidden Name is living yet [Verse 3 — Female] If I am formed within Your image Then let my living make it known Not through a crown of separation But by the kindness I have shown Make of my hands a place of healing Make of my voice a faithful stream Let every choice restore the garden Let waking life fulfill the dream [Verse 4 — Male] I will protect what You call sacred The widow, stranger, child, and land For worship is not merely singing It is the truth lived through my hands Let strength become a sheltering presence Let wisdom kneel before the heart Let power serve the whole of being And call the scattered home from dark [Bridge — Female] You are not owned by one translation Not captured by a human claim Every letter opens inward Every silence guards the flame [Male] You are the breath inside the body The unseen root beneath the tree The covenant between all beings The One revealing unity [Female] When I remember, Earth grows holy Common ground becomes the shrine [Male] When I embody loving justice Human action turns divine [Both — building] One flame—countless vessels One breath—countless forms One Love moving through us One Presence being born Not one that erases another Not sameness wearing sacred disguise Unity honors every color Like one white flame through many lights [Breakdown — Female, whispered] Baruch Hashem… For the breath that carried me Baruch Hashem… For the truth that set me free [Male, deep] Blessed is the Holy Presence Neither distant nor possessed Known by love made flesh in action Known by mercy under stress [Final Chorus — Both] Hashem—Holy beyond speaking Source no boundary can contain Hashem—closer than my breathing Love moving underneath my name I AM listening I AM living I AM choosing what makes the world humane Hashem—written through creation The Name beyond every name Hashem—burning in the darkness Hashem—flowing through the rain Hashem—moving heart to heart now Until the many know the One again [Outro — Female with distant Male harmony] Before the word Before the flame The Holy One Beyond all names Within the breath Within the clay The Hidden Presence Lights the way Ha—Shem… Ha—Shem… I speak with love I walk with grace I honor Life And bless the Name
