Before the light

**Verse 1 (Baby 1 – the skeptic)**
We’ve only known the water’s song,
Heartbeat walls that keep us strong.
Why believe there’s something more
Than this ocean we’ve adored?

**Verse 1 (Baby 2 – the believer)**
I’ve felt a whisper through the tide,
A softer world on the other side.
What if this dark is just the start—
A veil that hides a beating heart?

**Pre-Chorus (Together, questioning)**
The current pulls, the silence bends…
Is this the start, or is it the end?

**Chorus (Debate in harmony)**
(Baby 1) What if nothing waits when shadows fall?
(Baby 2) What if love is waiting, arms for us all?
(Baby 1) What if every cry just proves we’re alone?
(Baby 2) What if every cry leads us closer to home?
(Together) The answer comes with the first breath we take…
Beyond the break.

**Verse 2 (Back-and-forth)**
(Baby 1) These walls are closing, it feels like loss.
(Baby 2) Or maybe doors, we have to cross.
(Baby 1) What if the silence means goodbye?
(Baby 2) What if the silence means we’ll finally see the sky?

**Pre-Chorus (Together, rising)**
The water shakes, the pressure grows—
Something’s calling… do you know?

**Chorus (Full, soaring)**
(Baby 1) What if nothing waits when shadows fall?
(Baby 2) What if love is waiting, arms for us all?
(Baby 1) What if every cry just proves we’re alone?
(Baby 2) What if every cry leads us closer to home?
(Together) The truth will come with the first breath we take…
Beyond the break.

**Bridge (Conversational)**
(Baby 1) And if the light blinds my eyes—
(Baby 2) I’ll hold you close, we’ll realize.
(Baby 1) If this world was only dream—
(Baby 2) Then love’s the thread that runs between.

**Final Chorus (Explosive, layered harmonies)**
There is something waiting past the wall,
Hands to hold us, voices call.
Every tear will turn to song,
We belong… we belong.
The world begins with the first breath we take—
Beyond the break.

**Outro (Gentle, fading)**
(Baby 1) Maybe ending’s not the end…
(Baby 2) It’s where the greater life begins.
(Together, whisper) Hold on tight,
We’re born into light.

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