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Every note you sing feels like stretched out time,

Little heart drumming out a truth of mine.

Chorus

Oh songbird, sing it soft, sing it loud,

Tell me what the morning won’t say.

When the world is heavy, when the night’s insane,

With you all my internal disdain

Flies away.

Verse 2

You’ve lived through storms rolling over fields.

Learned how to heal.

No matter how much darkness has stirred,

You shake off the silence, stubborn little bird.

Chorus

Oh songbird, sing it soft, sing it loud,

Cut through the quiet like sunlight through breaking clouds.

If my voice is lost, if my faith is blurred,

Teach me how to sing like a songbird.

Bridge

Don’t need a map, don’t need a sign,

Just a simple melody to create a shrine.

If you can fly with the weight you’ve known,

Maybe I can learn to stand on my own.

Final Chorus

Oh songbird, sing me home, sing me true,

Every fragile note pulling me through.

When the day is done and the sky’s gone dark,

I know tomorrow your song will come back

And leave an exquisite mark.

CHAPTER NINETEEN