Title: Simply Grateful
Mood / Lane
Warm • reflective • grown • calm confidence
Not performative — settled, present, breathing
Tempo / Feel
Slow–mid (≈72–76 BPM)
Laid-back pocket, nothing rushed
Key
A♭ Major (soft, comforting register)
Instruments
• Piano (felt or warm upright)
• Violin (long, breathy phrases)
• Saxophone (low, restrained — comes in late)
• Light pads (barely there, like air)
• Soft brushed drums or muted kick (optional, very subtle)
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Woke up with the light still quiet
No rush in the room, just breath
Heart’s been learning how to listen
To what’s left when I want nothing else
I’ve been chasing, I’ve been trying
I’ve been holding things too tight
Now I’m standing in the moment
And the moment feels like mine
Pre-Chorus
No grand answers
No big display
Just peace sitting
Where fear used to stay
Chorus
I’m simply grateful
That I’m here today
Simply grateful
That my heart still knows the way
No more asking
For the world to change
I’m simply grateful
Simply grateful
Verse 2
I’ve known loss, I’ve known waiting
I’ve known prayers that took their time
But I see now how the silence
Was teaching me to be alive
Every scar became a window
Every tear learned how to fall
Now I don’t need proof or promises
I feel held — that’s all
Pre-Chorus
No loud victory
No final sign
Just a calm knowing
I’ll be fine
Chorus
I’m simply grateful
That I’m here today
Simply grateful
That my heart still knows the way
No more chasing
What won’t stay
I’m simply grateful
Simply grateful
Bridge (spoken-sung, intimate)
If nothing else comes
I’ve already received
If nothing else changes
I’m at peace with me
(violin swells, piano drops to single notes)
Final Chorus (soft lift, not bigger — wider)
I’m simply grateful
For breath, for grace
Simply grateful
For this quiet place
No more asking
For more than today
I’m simply grateful
Outro
Simply grateful…
Still becoming…
Still held.
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