Hope makes me feel safe enough to live

Verse 1 soft whisper, intimate, guitar only

I used to hold my breath like stone,

Like winter waiting for the spring.

Counted all the miles from home,

Afraid to let the quiet sing.

Then you came, not loud, not fast,

Like sunrise through a paper screen,

You didn't say forever would last,

You just said, "come breathe with me."

Chorus open, bloom, piano and strings enter

Hope makes me feel safe enough to live,

Safe enough to leave the door ajar,

Safe enough to give, give, give,

Not just wish upon a far-off star.

You put lanterns in my lungs,

And ribbons in the air I breathe,

Oh, hope makes me feel safe enough to live,

Safe enough to just be.

Verse 2 whimsical, light drums

You taught my heart to misbehave,

In the most beautiful way.

We danced with dust in sunlit waves,

Made castles out of yesterday.

You turned my worry into kite string,

My fear into a feathered key,

Unlocking every little small thing,

I forgot I was allowed to see.

Chorus bigger, cinematic

Hope makes me feel safe enough to live,

Safe enough to plant what I can't see grow,

Safe enough to forgive, forgive, forgive,

The parts of me that needed time to grow.

You put music in my pulse again,

A hum both wild and sweet,

Oh, hope makes me feel safe enough to live,

With bare and tender feet.

Bridge stripped, heartbeat, emotional

Oh, I don't need to know the end,

I don't need the sky to clear,

Just this moment, dear friend,

Just knowing you are here.

You are not a promise that I'm spared from pain,

You are the soft place I land inside the rain.

Final Chorus gentle, breathable, lullaby outro

Hope makes me feel safe enough to live,

Safe enough to love the world again,

Safe enough to let the light come in,

And stay, and stay, and stay, and stay.

You are the air between the notes,

The space where I am free.

Oh, hope, you make me feel safe enough to live,

Safe enough to live.

Outro whispered

Safe enough to live...

Safe enough to dream...

Safe enough to be... Hope.