A Steady Voice

[Verse 1]
You came in carrying weather no one else could see,
A hard rain in your breathing, a tide against your knees.
I won’t ask you to explain it, or name it for my sake;
I’ll stay beside the silence till the thunder starts to break.

[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the words you cannot shape,
I see your hands begin to shake.
You don’t have to make it small—
I’m listening through it all.

[Chorus]
When the storm climbs up inside you,
I will meet you with a steady voice.
I can’t command the clouds to scatter,
But I can help you find your choice.
Let the hard rain spend its fury,
Let the wind say what it came to say;
I’ll be here, and I will hear you,
Till the roughest wave gives way.

[Verse 2]
You told me how the smallest sound could split the day in two,
How every passing minute felt too heavy to get through.
I didn’t rush to mend the story or tell you to be strong;
I listened for the hurt beneath the places words went wrong.

[Pre-Chorus]
Your fear can take its honest form,
You needn’t face it all alone.
I won’t turn away or judge—
I’ll stay while the skies shift.

[Chorus]
When the storm climbs up inside you,
I will meet you with a steady voice.
I can’t command the clouds to scatter,
But I can help you find your choice.
Let the hard rain spend its fury,
Let the wind say what it came to say;
I’ll be here, and I will hear you,
Till the roughest wave gives way.

[Bridge]
And when your words arrive in pieces,
I’ll take each one as true.
No need to win against the weather—
I’ll keep listening with you.

[Final Chorus]
When the storm climbs up inside you,
I will meet you with a steady voice.
I can’t command the clouds to scatter,
But I can help you find your choice.
Let the hard rain spend its fury,
Let the wind say what it came to say;
I’ll be here, and I will hear you,
Till the roughest wave gives way.

[Outro]
I’ll be here, and I will hear you,
As the storm moves through.