(Sparse piano, soft guitar. Barefoot gospel-blues feel. Voice: same warm, raw female alto.)
Verse 1
The clock was loud in an empty room
Walls whispered secrets I didn’t choose
I thought I could hold it all inside
But the river broke and I could not hide
Verse 2
The world tilted, the air went thin
My own mind turned against my skin
Every fear I tried to ignore
Came to the surface, demanding more
Chorus
The day everything broke
I found the pieces I never spoke
I fell apart, I fell through
And the only hand that held me was You
The day everything broke
I learned I could not do it alone
I learned to trust the quiet, the pain, the unknown
Verse 3
Lights too bright, the voices too near
The nights were long, the mornings unclear
I wore my soul like a fragile thread
And carried the weight of what I’d dread
Pre-Chorus
But even in the falling, even in the fear
There was a whisper that said, “I am here”
Chorus
The day everything broke
I found the pieces I never spoke
I fell apart, I fell through
And the only hand that held me was You
The day everything broke
I learned I could not do it alone
I learned to trust the quiet, the pain, the unknown
Bridge
I don’t want to forget
The lesson, the ache, the sweat
How close I came to losing the light
And how it returned with gentle might
Final Chorus
The day everything broke
Was the day I began to heal
The day everything broke
Taught me what was real
The day everything broke
I learned to breathe, to stay, to see
The day everything broke
Became the day I found me
(soft hum, gentle piano fades out)
