CLOSER THAN BREATHING R&B

“CLOSER THAN BREATHING”
[R&B / Soul; Vibes: H.E.R. × Stevie Wonder × Bill Withers]
[Verse 1] I used to look for you in cathedrals and steeples In the faces of strangers, in the prayers
of the people I was searching the sky when the answer was here Breathing inside me — the voice I
could hear
I called out your name to a heaven that’s distant But you were already present, already insistent
You never left — you were whispering low In the quiet beneath all the noise I’ve known
[Pre-Chorus] And I finally found the door It was never locked before I just had to stop the running
Start the listening, start the coming…
[Chorus] You’re closer than breathing Closer than the heartbeat in my chest Closer than the
feeling When I finally lay this burden down and rest I don’t have to seek you in the distance, oh no
You’re the life inside the living, the glow inside the glow You’re closer than breathing And I’ve
known this all along
[Verse 2] Not a distant God sitting high on a mountain You’re the wave and you’re the ocean and
the fountain Every thought that I’m thinking, every cell in my veins You’re the I AM eternal — you
were here when I came
I used to beg for the healing Now I know I AM the healing The kingdom is within me It was always,
always, always, always…
[Pre-Chorus] And I finally found the key It was always inside me I just had to still the thunder
Break the silence open, pull the wonder…
[Chorus] You’re closer than breathing Closer than the heartbeat in my chest Closer than the
feeling When I finally lay this burden down and rest I don’t have to seek you in the distance, oh noYou’re the life inside the living, the glow inside the glow You’re closer than breathing And I’ve
known this all along
[Bridge — spoken softly] “Be still… and know…” Not pray and ask… not beg and wait… Just be
still… and KNOW… I am not separate from my good… I never was…
[Outro — melisma, runs, rising] Closer… oh closer… You never left me (never left me) I was the
seeking And I was the finding all along All along… all along… Mmmmm… yeah…

Powerful and energetic, deeply emotional, heartfelt ecstatic song; Genre: R&B / Soul