[Verse 1]
I feel the ache in my chest
Not a puzzle, not a test
Just a weight that wants a witness
Just a storm that wants a distance
Slow inhale
Let it tell its tale
Every tremor, every flinch
I don’t move, I don’t clinch
I just
Look at the hurt like a friend
Sit at the edge, don’t defend
Offer a pause
Offer a breath
Offer a space
Bigger than death
[Chorus]
Compassion
Gentle attention
I see your pain, I don’t try to end it
I stay
Right in the tension
Open-heart witness, that’s the medicine
Compassion
Quiet permission
You don’t have to change to be forgiven
I stay
Right in the tension
Open-heart witness, that’s the medicine (yeah)
[Verse 2]
Your tears land, I let ‘em land
Not advice in my hands
Not a plan, not a fix
Just my eyes, just this
You shake, I don’t rush the shaking
You break, I don’t rush the breaking
I just breathe in the raw, breathe out the fear
Let the room get safe in here
If you’re angry, be angry
If you’re empty, be empty
I won’t drag you to the light
I’ll sit with you in the night
Like
“I hear that
I feel that”
Let the nervous system relax
[Chorus]
Compassion
Gentle attention
I see your pain, I don’t try to end it
I stay
Right in the tension
Open-heart witness, that’s the medicine
Compassion
Quiet permission
You don’t have to change to be forgiven
I stay
Right in the tension
Open-heart witness, that’s the medicine (oh)
[Bridge]
I don’t fix you
I don’t fix me
I just let whatever is… be
I don’t grip you
I don’t grip me
Watch the hurt rise up
Then ease
Soft eyes
Soft mind
Soft hands
Over time
This is how the heart expands
Just by saying
“I can stand this”
[Chorus]
Compassion
Gentle attention
I see your pain, I don’t try to end it
I stay
Right in the tension
Open-heart witness, that’s the medicine
Compassion
Quiet permission
You don’t have to change to be forgiven
I stay
Right in the tension
Open-heart witness, that’s the medicine (hey)