Title: “The Way You Held Us”

Title: “The Way You Held Us” Verse 1 You walked in like sunrise through a cracked-open door Made the quiet feel safe like it had before Hands always reaching when someone would fall You didn’t wait for permission at all If something was wrong, you said it out loud Never hid truth just to blend with the crowd Fierce in your kindness, steady and bright You were a fire that felt like light Pre-Chorus And I still feel your arms around my shoulders Like the world was heavy but you made it lighter Chorus Some battles you fight with everything you are Some mountains don’t move no matter how strong you are You gave us your heart, every piece, every part Even when the ending came too hard Sometimes we win Sometimes we lose But love like yours We don’t ever lose You’re still the warmth in the coldest rooms Still the reason I stand up for the truth Verse 2 It happened too fast, like a breath cut short One day we were laughing, the next in a storm Hospitals humming, prayers in the air None of it felt even close to fair But you never let bitterness take your smile You carried grace through every mile If courage had a face, I swear it’d be yours Even when walking through closing doors Pre-Chorus And I still see you hugging everybody Like you could stitch a broken world together Chorus Some battles you fight with everything you are Some mountains don’t move no matter how strong you are You gave us your heart, every piece, every part Even when the ending came too hard Sometimes we win Sometimes we lose But love like yours We don’t ever lose You’re still the warmth in the coldest rooms Still the reason I stand up for the truth Bridge (soft, stripped down) I miss you in the small things In the way the room feels thin In the jokes you would’ve finished In the fights you would’ve stepped in And I wish I had one more minute Just to feel that hug again But you left your arms around us In the people that we’ve been Final Chorus (bigger, anthemic) Some battles you fight with everything you are Some heroes don’t get the ending they deserve But you showed us how to love out loud How to be brave and how to be heard Sometimes we win Sometimes we lose But the way you loved We still choose You’re still the warmth in the coldest rooms Still the voice that calls out truth And if I stand a little taller If I hold someone a little longer That’s you Outro (soft) You didn’t lose You just finished your race And left your light In this place