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Lyrics
Title: “Not by Blood”
Verse 1
You were a miracle, the hospital at dawn
The baby curled where the quiet lives on
One new life and a long white hall
Every prayer answered precious and small
We traced each finger, counted each sigh
Promised the stars we'd never say goodbye
The world can change in the blink of an eye
The baby we wanted with a soft gentle cry
Chorus
Not by blood, not by name
Not by anything written in veins
Love’s the fire that stays when it’s gone
I’m your mother, I’m the one
Who walked the floor, who kissed the fear
Who stayed when heaven wasn’t here
A family was made, true and good
Baby you're mine
But, Not by blood
Verse 2
Eighteen candles and questions rise
“Which parts of me are yours, which aren’t mine?”
A file unlocked, a truth misplaced
And the ground fell out in a single page
My hands reach for you
You were looking for something true
Names and numbers, a door, a bell
And a stranger stands in a history shell
Pre-Chorus
The woman says, “I never knew
But I’ve been missing someone shaped like you”
Chorus
Not by blood, not by name
Not by anything written in veins
But there’s a pull you can’t outrun
Knowing your child and what must be done
Two women claim what one girl feels
Three hearts breaking on the same real
Truth can split what we understood
Who am I
Not by blood
Bridge
I carried your storms, your fevers, your light
She carried your cells without knowing your life
If love made you, then who do you choose?
Maybe another heart can love you too
Final Chorus
Not by blood, not by name
But by every shadow that calls my name
Love’s not a line, it’s a widening flood
I’m your mother
We’re your mothers
One by blood
Outro
Three hands meeting, trembling good
Family’s more than blood