I Have Lived

I wake before the morning light
And breathe the dark like it’s a gift
The quiet feels so wide tonight
Like something slowly starts to lift

Ahhh – Ahhh
Ahhh - Ahhh

I have lived
I have lived

Ahhh - Ahhh

I’ve tasted rain and summer heat
Held trembling hands and steady ground
I’ve known retreat and known defeat
And still found beauty all around
There’s no complaint inside my chest
No bargain left to make or give
If this is where the road will rest
I smile, because I lived

No bitterness
No hidden plea
Just open hands
And memory

Ahhh - Ahhh
I have lived and it was good
Every fragile understood
Every scar and every light
Made the dark and made it bright

I have lived

And that is enough
Through the gentle and the rough
If this breath becomes my last
It will not erase the past
I am full, I am free
Grateful for the life in me

Ahhh - Ahhh - Ahhh

I have lived
I have lived

Ahhh - Ahhh - Ahhh

I’ve watched the seasons turn and turn
Seen young dreams become their own
Felt the ache of things that burn
And warmth in places I called home
I never needed endless days
Just moments wide enough to feel
A thousand small, imperfect ways
That made this human life so real

No heavy heart
No silent cry
Just steady breath
And open sky

Ahhh - Ahhh

I have lived
I have lived

I have lived and I am whole
Every fracture in my soul
Was a doorway into grace
Was a gift I can embrace
I have lifed

And I am light
Not afraid of what’s in sight
Nothing wasted, nothing small
Every breath was worth it all
I have lifed
I have lived

Ahhh - Ahhh

If there is more beyond this air
I’ll meet it as I met it here
With open hands and steady feet
No need for triumph, no defeat

And if there’s silence, wide and deep
Like dreamless, unremembered sleep
Even that will still be kind
For I have lived a grateful life

Ahhh
I have lived and it was true
Every color passing through
Every fall and every rise
Shaped the wonder in my eyes

I have lived and I am free
There is peace surrounding me
Nothing broken, nothing owed
Only light along the road

I have lived
I have lived

I have lived
Ahhh - Ahhh - Ahhh