Life is a Gift jayceerobus4

Intro

soft, low: I can't carry this tonight, I'm tired, I'm thin (ah)

soft, low: I'm closing doors I thought were windows, I can't swim (ooh)

(choir: ah-ah, ah-ah)

Verse

Me: My hands are empty, my list is long, the silence talks too loud

Me: I count the cracks and fall through them, feel the world take up my ground

(oh-oh)

Me: I'm tired of saying sorry to stars that don't answer back

Me: I'm tired of promises that fray like clothes inside a darkened track

(na-na, na-na)

Pre-chorus

God: Hold the quiet — listen, listen (listen)

God: You are not the sum of your ache, you are deeper than this skin

God: Breathe the small light that is still yours — a slow resist (uh-huh)

God: I painted mornings just for you, I numbered every scar you hid

(choir: ooh, ooh — hallelujah)

Chorus

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), hold it like a flame

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), don't give it away

Hallelujah — hallelujah (hallelujah), lift your voice, lift your face

Amen — amen (amen), stay with me, stay with me

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), don't give it away

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), don't give it away

(choir: hallelujah, amen, ooh-ooh)

Verse

God: I traced your name in morning fog, I spun it into sound

God: I set a guard of small, fierce lights where fear had gathered round (yeah)

God: You think the ledger ends with pain — no, listen, look again

God: There are hands that will hold you steady, there are songs you have to lend

(vocal run: ah-ah-ah)

Pre-chorus

Me: I asked for silence, I asked for rest, I offered up my doubt

God: I offered you a future tied to breath — come out, come out

God: There is music in the marrow, there is work for wounded hands

God: There is morning in your leaving-night, there's a place where hope expands

(choir: whoa-oh, whoa-oh)

Chorus

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), hold it like a flame

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), don't give it away

Hallelujah — hallelujah (hallelujah), lift your voice, lift your face

Amen — amen (amen), stay with me, stay with me

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), don't give it away

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), don't give it away

(choir: hallelujah, amen, ooh-ooh)

Bridge

God: When your knees feel thin, remember why I chose to love you so

God: When your road is bent and bleeding, I will bend with you and grow

Me: I'm small and I am shaking, God, your words are heavy gold

God: Then hold them, keep them, carry them — you're younger than your cold

(na-na-na, na-na-na) (choir: ah-ah-ah)

Chorus

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), hold it like a flame

Life is a gift, life is a gift (life is a gift), don't give it away

Hallelujah — hallelujah (hallelujah), lift your voice, lift your face

Amen — amen (amen), stay with me, stay with me

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