Verse 1
Sunlight creeping through the blinds
First warm feeling in my mind
Like the world is giving me
Another chance to finally see
Dust is floating through the air
Like a sign that hope is there
Every quiet in the room
Feels less like approaching doom
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Verse 2
Every breath feels new today
Like the weight just slipped away
Every step begins to prove
There’s still life left to move
Yesterday was hard to face
Every shadow left a trace
But the darkness in my chest
Finally starts to rest
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Chorus
I’m learning how to breathe again
After drowning deep within
Every breath reminds me now
I survived somehow
Learning how to stand once more
After every silent war
Every step along the way
Leads me to a brighter day
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Verse 3
Broken roads I used to roam
Never felt like they were home
But the path beneath my feet
Finally feels a little sweet
Every scar that used to sting
Now reminds me of the spring
That can grow from shattered ground
When the lost are finally found
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Pre-Chorus
Every sunrise shows the way
Past the darkness of yesterday
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Chorus
I’m learning how to breathe again
After losing where I’d been
Every breath a small repair
To the wounds I used to wear
Learning how to trust the light
After years of endless night
Every step begins to mend
The man I thought would never stand
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Bridge (emotional build)
Maybe healing moves this slow
Just so we can truly know
Every step along the climb
Takes a little piece of time
Maybe pain was part of me
Just to help my eyes to see
That the strength I thought was gone
Was inside me all along
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Breakdown (quiet moment)
For the first time in a while
I can almost start to smile
Not because the war is done
But because I haven’t run
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Final Chorus (big emotional ending)
I’m learning how to breathe again
Stronger now than I have been
Every breath I take today
Pushes all the dark away
Learning how to stand once more
After every silent war
Every sunrise that I see
Feels like freedom calling me
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Outro
The past still whispers now and then
But it doesn’t pull me in
Because the man I am today
Finally found a better way.
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