A Pulse in the Quiet

[Verse 1]
I woke with a pulse in the quiet
A whole world waiting under my skin
The day put a bruise on my shoulder
And somehow I let the daylight in

I have carried rooms full of worry
Held every word I was afraid to say
Then laughter broke through the ceiling
And made a little more room in the gray

[Pre-Chorus]
Every feeling leaves a color
Every loss redraws the view
What a strange and sacred fortune
To be changed by something true

[Chorus]
I get to feel it all
The rise, the fall
The hand that lets me go
The love that makes me call
I get to break and mend
Begin again
A thousand kinds of human
In one brief life to spend

[Verse 2]
There are mornings made out of mercy
There are afternoons heavy as stone
A friend says my name at the doorway
And suddenly I am not alone

I have known the heat of resentment
The clean surprise of letting it die
The ache of a promise unfinished
The ridiculous joy of asking why

[Pre-Chorus]
Every heartbeat keeps a record
Not of perfect, but of true
What a rare and wild permission
To become someone new

[Chorus]
I get to feel it all
The rise, the fall
The hand that lets me go
The love that makes me call
I get to break and mend
Begin again
A thousand kinds of human
In one brief life to spend

[Bridge]
So bring me the fear with the wonder
Bring me the doubt with the flame
Bring me the tears that arrive without warning
And the courage to stay just the same

If joy is a door left half-open
If grief is the price of the view
I will take every color it gives me
I will make something honest and new

[Final Chorus]
I get to feel it all
The rise, the fall
The hand that lets me go
The love that makes me call
I get to break and mend
Begin again
A thousand kinds of human
In one brief life to spend

I get to feel it all
The tender, the raw
The beautiful confusion
Of being here at all
No feeling wasted
No moment small
What a privilege, what a wonder
To have a life to feel it all

[Outro]
A pulse in the quiet
A name in the air
A heart still becoming
I was lucky to be there