Lyrics

Before I knew my name
You were already there

You learned my language
Before I could speak
Read my silence
When I was too weak

You carried the weight
And never the blame
Held space for my becoming
Before I knew my name

You gave without keeping score
Stayed when it hurt to stay
Loved me into who I am
In quiet, ordinary ways

You held the light
When I couldn’t see
You were strength
Before strength was in me

Every step I didn’t know how to take
You held the light
You made me brave

You were the calm
Inside every storm
A steady place
Where I was warm

Hands shaped by time
Lines earned with grace
You taught my heart
What love can hold in place

You stood between the fall and me
With open hands and steady ground
I found my way back to myself
Because you didn’t let me drown

You held the light
When I couldn’t see
You were hope
Before hope was in me

If love has a human shape
You held the light
You showed me the way

Maybe that’s how love survives
Through time
Through change
Through loss

Passed hand to hand
Heart to heart
Before it ever had a name

You held the light
Through every year
In all the places
I didn’t dare

And even now
When I walk alone
Your love is the map
That feels like home

You held the light
You still do

If I ever learn to love myself
I’ll know where it began

You held the light…
And I am