Winter Bones

Verse 1
There’s a silence in my chest tonight
Where fire used to be
Not doubt, not fear — just quiet
Like winter in the trees
I don’t feel the rush of heaven
I don’t feel the overflow
But I still know

Pre-Chorus
You said You’d never leave me
You said You’d always stay

Chorus
So I will worship in the numbness
I will sing when I feel nothing
You are God beyond my feelings
You are faithful in all seasons 
When my soul feels like an echo
When my prayers feel paper-thin
You are near to the brokenhearted
Your breath is warming the winter in my bones

Verse 2
The world feels heavy on my shoulders
Like I’m carrying all its pain 
Every headline, every sorrow
Every whispered ache
And I don’t have the strength to fix it
I don’t have the words to say
But You remain

Pre-Chorus
Provider in the wilderness
Closer than my breath

Chorus
So I will worship in the waiting
I will trust You in the stillness
You are God of every season
Even in this in-between
When my heart feels unfamiliar
When I’m tired of being strong
You are near to the weary
And You cradle my heart like a child and You bring me back to life ooooh ohhh 

Bridge (this would build slowly, not explosively — layered vocals, gentle drum rhythmic entering)

You are here
Even when I don’t feel it
You are here
Even in the quiet
You are here
Closer than the silence
You are here in all seasons 

(Repeat, soft but strong)

You never leave
You never leave (never leave)
You never leave me

Tag (pull everything back to piano only)

You are near to the brokenhearted
You are near to the weary soul
You are near to me
When winter lingers long
You are waking what was sleeping
Turning graves into gardens

You’re the God who brings dead things back to life
Jesus, breathe on my sleeping soul

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