Simply grateful

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.