STILL GROWING

VERSE 1

I was standing in the shadows,

Trying to breathe through the pain,

Asking God a thousand questions

And hearing silence in the rain. (yeah…)

But in the middle of the heartbreak,

When my strength was running thin,

I felt a whisper in the darkness:

“This is not how your story ends.” (mm-mm… not the end…)

Harmonies (soft pad):

Ooooh… ohhh… still here… still here…

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PRE-CHORUS

Every tear was planting something,

Every burden shaped my heart,

Even when I felt abandoned,

He was holding me in the dark. (holding me… yeah…)

Harmony stack:

In the dark… He was there… in the dark… He was there…

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CHORUS

’Cause I’m still growing, even when I’m breaking, (still growing…)

Still breathing in the places

Where my faith was shaken. (faith was shaken…)

You can knock me down,

But I’m not losing— (no, no…)

I’m just bruised, but I’m still choosing

To keep on moving. (keep on… keep on moving…)

I’m not buried, I’m being planted, (planted… planted…)

This pain won’t have the final say.

Hope is rising,

Love is guiding—

Something beautiful is growing from this place. (oh it’s growing…)

Full harmony bed:

Still growing… still growing… ahhhh…

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VERSE 2

I hear Eli in the echoes,

In the laughter in my mind,

In the dreams he left behind him

And the mission he assigned. (mission he assigned…)

Every heartbeat that we’re saving,

Every life we get to touch—

That’s my boy still speaking through me,

That’s his love still breaking through us. (still speaking… yeah…)

Harmony:

Breaking through… breaking through…

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BRIDGE (LIFT)

If the valley’s where You meet me,

Then the valley’s where I’ll stay— (I’ll stay…)

Till Your purpose turns my mourning

Into mercy for someone’s day. (mercy for somebody…)

I’ll take the pain I’ve walked through,

Turn it into something true—

’Cause the story You are writing

Is greater than the one I knew. (greater… so much greater…)

Full harmony stack:

Ohhhh… greater than I knew… ohhhh… I surrender…

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CHORUS (FULL / BIG)

Yeah, I’m still growing, even when I’m breaking, (even when I’m breaking…)

Still breathing in the places

Where my faith was shaken. (faith was shaken… I’m still breathing)

You can knock me down,

But I’m not losing— (not losing… no…)

I’m just bruised, but I’m still choosing

To keep on moving. (keep moving… keep moving…)

I’m not buried, I’m being planted, (planted deep…)

This pain won’t have the final say.

Hope is rising,

Love is guiding—

Something beautiful is growing from this place. (yeah it’s growing… it’s growing…)

Choir-like harmonies:

Still growing… still growing… ohhhhh…

Still growing… still growing… mmm-mmm…

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OUTRO (SOFT)

From the tears to the healing,

From the heartbreak to the meaning—

Lord, You’re still showing

I’m still growing

Through it all. (yeah… through it all…)

Whispered harmony:

Through it all… still growing… through it all…

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TAG (WHISPERED / SPOKEN)

“Always 65… his light still lives.”