The quiet life ( after)

(Verse 1)  
Morning light on my shoulders  
Like it knows my name  
I don’t feel the weight I carried  
I don’t feel the same  

There’s a softness in my body  
Where the armor used to be  
Like the silence finally opened  
And it’s singing through me  

(Chorus)  
And it’s quiet, oh it’s quiet  
But it’s louder than before  
Not the sound of something breaking  
It’s the healing at the core  

I am resting in the after  
I am held in something true  
There was beauty in the breaking  
Now there’s beauty in the blue  

(Verse 2)  
Every breath feels like a blessing  
Falling easy through my chest  
I don’t have to chase the feeling  
I can finally just rest  

There’s a rhythm in the stillness  
Like the tide has turned at last  
I am not afraid of shadows  
They are fading with the past  

(Chorus)  
And it’s quiet, oh it’s quiet  
But it’s fuller than the noise  
Like a thousand tiny answers  
In the space between the voice  

I am resting in the after  
I am held in something true  
There was beauty in the breaking  
Now there’s beauty in the blue  

(Bridge)  
If you find this in a moment  
When the world feels far away  
Let it wrap around your breathing  
You don’t have to run or stay  

There’s a place beneath the healing  
Where you’re already whole and wide  
You don’t need to become it  
You just soften into life  

(Outro)  
So I’ll stay here in the quiet  
Let it hold me like the sea  
There is nothing left to search for  
What I am is here in me

Ambient acoustic / soul-folk calm
	•	Instruments: warm guitar, soft piano, light ambient textures
	•	Rhythm: gent