Because You Were There

Verse 1
I walk like water over stone
Nothing sharp beneath my feet
I don’t carry storms inside me
I don’t brace when I breathe

There’s a calm that lives in my body
Like the tide was built in me
I didn’t learn it through drowning
It was given quietly

Pre-Chorus
Some call it luck
Some say I’m strong
I call it love
That held the current long

Chorus
Because you were there
The waves don’t pull me under
I don’t mistake chaos
For something I must conquer
Because you were there
The shoreline feels like home
I don’t wake up surviving
I wake up whole

Verse 2
I see the depth of the ocean
But it doesn’t steal my breath
I know how to feel without folding
I know how to rest

The undertow doesn’t know me
It doesn’t speak my name
I get to choose how I’m moving
Without carrying the rain

Bridge (very soft)
You stood where the current broke
You let the storm pass through
I didn’t have to grow armored
To learn how to be true

Final Chorus (almost whispered harmony)
Because you were there
The water feels kind
I don’t live bracing
For what’s behind
Because you were there
Peace feels real
I don’t fear the stillness
I know how to feel

Outro
I move free
Not because I forgot
But because you calmed the tide

Acoustic folk ballad. Fingerpicked guitar, warm close vocals, soft harmony. Intimate, fluid, grounded and calm. Daughter