Track · Oct 27, 2026 · English

THE BREATH BENEATH MY NAME

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THE BREATH BENEATH MY NAME

[Intro — deep didgeridoo drone; harmonium slowly opens]

[Low spoken voice]

It’s GrizzlyJones…

Listen…

Before I had a name…

You gave me breath.

[Bongos enter softly; wordless answering voices]

Ohhh… ahh… ohhh…

[Verse 1 — intimate, rough-edged male lead]

I came with a pocket of things I had earned,

A mouth full of answers, a heart that still burned.

Set down my silver beside the front door,

Sat with the silence and asked it for more.

The room held a stranger with nowhere to sleep,

He offered me half of the bread he could keep.

I’d traveled for miles for a heavenly sign—

You reached through his hands and put supper in mine.

[Pre-Chorus — harmonium swells; palms clap]

What do I carry?

[Response] Lay it down.

Where do I find You?

[Response] Here and now.

[Chorus — soaring lead; rhythmic group responses]

Take me low, lift me high,

Let my little walls fall wide.

Every breath that moves through me—

Let it leave as mercy.

[Response] Let it leave as mercy!

[Lead, ornamented] Let it leave as lo-o-ove!

When there’s nothing left to prove,

Let my hands do what You’d do.

Every breath that moves through me—

Let it leave as mercy.

[Instrumental — rolling bongos; pulsing drone; harmonium answers vocal runs]

[Verse 2 — stronger rhythm, rising intensity]

I prayed for a river, then guarded my cup,

Asked You for healing with both fists shut.

My brother was knocking; I told him to wait,

Kept looking for heaven while locking the gate.

Now give me the patience to pull up a chair,

To hear somebody’s sorrow and stay with them there.

No need for a witness, no need for applause—

A little less mine and a little more Yours.

[Call and response — faster claps; overlapping voices]

[Lead] Who feeds the flame?

[Response] Love, love!

[Lead] Beyond the name?

[Response] Love, love!

[Lead] What will remain?

[Response] What we gave away!

[All] What we gave away!

[Bridge — percussion drops; bare drone and breath]

When my voice wears thin,

When the lights burn low,

May the ones I held

Know I held them close.

I don’t need the world to know my name,

Just let my love outlive this frame.

When these tired hands let go,

Let the good I’ve planted grow.

[Bridge — bongos soften; harmonium swells beneath a deep didgeridoo drone]

What did I carry?

[Response] More than stone.

What did I leave here?

[Response] Love that’s grown.

Where will you find me

When I’m out of sight?

In the hands that help you

Through the longest night.

[Final chorus — full bongos, rhythmic handclaps; soaring lead and answering voices]

Breath by breath, I’m coming home,

[Response] Coming home, coming home.

All this love was never mine alone,

[Response] Never mine alone.

Let my pride fall, let my heart unfold,

Let me give more than these hands can hold.

Breath by breath, till my days are through,

Every breath, a thank-you.

[Outro — voices fade; harmonium sustains]

And if they ask what mattered most,

Tell the ones I held—

I held them close.

[Whispered]

Every breath…

A thank-you.

Style

spiritual qawwali fusion: deep didgeridoowarm harmoniumearthy bongossoaring vocals; lovegratitudeand surrenderenglish

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GrizzlyJones

GeneratedOct 27, 2026

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