One Breath

When you were born

The moon high in the sky

We drove the extra mile

To welcome you

There was a light

A glow inside your eyes

A way of recognizing

What was true

One day you will take a stand

Your heart will know its way

One day you will make a plan

And watch it blow away

One breath at a time one breath at a time one breath at a time

One breath at a time . . . You will survive. . .

You used to cry

Deep in the dead of night

So terrified

It was clear

Another life

Your soul, another time

Came back reconcile

Right here

One day you will take a stand

Your heart will know its way

One day you will make a plan

And watch it blow away

One breath at a time one breath at a time one breath at a time

One breath at a time . . . And you will rise. . .

It won’t be the first time

And it won’t be the last

You'll feel like you’re dying

Holding on to the past

It won't be the last time

And it won’t be the first

You see what you’re made of

What it cost and what it’s worth

One breath at a time One Breath at a time

One breath at a time one breath at a time one breath at a time

You'll stay alive . . . One breath at a time . . .

When you arrive

The’ll be no big parade

No flags and banners waving

As you reach

The great divide

Between what’s born & dying

You’ll will know it by

The way you breathe