Alive

Intro

(Softly) Tiny breath... in the dark

Verse

Eleven weeks, just a bundle of fight

Eyes barely open to the morning light

Mama's arms holdin' me close through the chill

Didn't know the storm was comin' in still

Fever spiked high like a thief in the night

Body burnin', screamin' silent inside

Doctors rushin', tubes and the beeps

World got blurry, slippin' into the deep

Pre-chorus

They said hold on, little one, hold on tight

Shadows dancin' on the hospital white

Prayers in the hall, tears on the floor

Fightin' for tomorrow, beggin' for more

Chorus

Meningitis storm, nearly took me away

Eleven weeks old, on the edge of the gray

But I kicked through the fire, yeah I clawed back to day

Alive, alive, hear me sing it today

(Alive) Alive, yeah I'm breathin' your name

(Alive) Alive, broke the chains of the flame

Verse

Nights blurred to days in that cold metal bed

Whispers of "miracle" hangin' overhead

Swollen and shakin', but the fever broke free

Pulled from the brink, handed back to me

Parents' faces, etched deep with the fear

Stories they tell now, year after year

That tiny heartbeat that wouldn't let go

Proof that some fires make the strongest glow

Pre-chorus

They said hold on, little fighter, hold tight

Through the poison and pain into the light

Hands clasped together, voices raised high

You chose to stay, touched the sky

Chorus

Meningitis storm, nearly took me away

Eleven weeks old, on the edge of the gray

But I kicked through the fire, yeah I clawed back to day

Alive, alive, hear me sing it today

(Alive) Alive, yeah I'm breathin' your name

(Alive) Alive, broke the chains of the flame

Bridge

Now I chase sunrises, feel every beat

That baby's fire still burnin' in me

No more fragile shell, I'm storm-proof and true

Eleven weeks forged this wild heart through

(Through, through)

Chorus

Meningitis storm, nearly took me away (away)

Eleven weeks old, on the edge of the gray

But I kicked through the fire, yeah I clawed back to day

Alive, alive, hear me sing it today

(Alive) Alive, yeah I'm breathin' your name

(Alive) Alive, broke the chains of the flame

(Alive) Alive...

Outro

Tiny breath... now a roar in the dark

(Alive)