Verse 1 We didn’t plan the way we stood Just found our places in the room Like something older than our names Was drawing lines we stepped into No one told us what to say No one gave us words to hold We breathed the same slow air And let our hands do what they know ⸻ Verse 2 There was a stillness in her face As if the world had stopped to listen And every ache we couldn’t fix Turned into something we could witness We weren’t trying to be brave We weren’t trying to be strong We were staying right there When every part of us said run ⸻ Pre-Chorus And I felt it move between us Invisible without a sound Something passing hand to hand Something holding all of us now ⸻ Chorus We made a circle out of love And stood inside the pain We didn’t heal what couldn’t heal But we didn’t look away We made a circle out of breath Out of promise, out of light Out of every “I am here” We said without a word that night ⸻ Verse 3 I saw her life in all our eyes Every story she had made Every kindness she had planted Growing taller in our shape And I knew then what love can do When there’s nothing left to save It turns into a place to stand It turns into a way to stay ⸻ Pre-Chorus 2 Together we leaned towards something Not the end, but something wide Like we were holding open space For her to leave, for us to survive ⸻ Chorus We made a circle out of love And stood inside the pain We didn’t heal what couldn’t heal But we didn’t look away We made a circle out of breath Out of promise, out of light Out of every “I am here” We said without a word that night ⸻ Bridge (spoken-sung, intimate) Some moments have to happen Though the hurt is too much Sometimes love doesn’t save your life It saves your last breath And I didn’t feel on my own in it Not even once then I felt something unbreakable Pass through us and call us kin ⸻ Final Chorus (lifted, warm) We made a circle out of love And held the dark at bay We couldn’t change what was coming But we changed how it came We made a circle out of breath Out of promise, out of light And she didn’t leave this world alone Not for a single heartbeat of her life ⸻ Outro So if I ever doubt what love can do Or fear that this won’t mend I’ll remember the shape we made that night And how it never really ends Because some bonds don’t break with loss They just change where they reside We made a circle out of love And it’s still around us now inside We made a circle out of love And she left through that door We remained here together And together,…. we love you more love you more Love you more

The circle