[Intro — 0:20]
(Soft piano arpeggio, handclaps enter on beat 2 — choir humming under)
Oh—oh—oh— (choir hum)
Light up this room, Spirit — come close, come close.
[Verse 1 — 0:40]
You come like a morning I almost missed,
First cup of warmth after a night gone cold.
Your voice is coffee steam on my wrist,
A small, steady fire in a hand grown old.
You tidy all the edges of my doubt,
Turn every jagged worry into light.
Where I counted losses, you count what’s found—
A tiny map that makes the dark feel right.
[Pre-Chorus — 0:20]
Lift our slow breath into steady flight,
Hold our shaking hands and teach them to stay.
You steady my breath when my hands forget the way.
[Chorus — 0:45]
Shine on, Spirit light — pull my midnight into gold,
Shine on — quick and bright, make the lost things brave and bold.
Hearts rise — voices bind — we sing and won't let go,
You steady my breath when my hands forget the way.
(Choir echoes: "Shine on!" after each line — call & response)
[Verse 2 — 0:40]
I walked a broken stair, one step at a time,
Couldn’t see past the next step — you bent and lit my path.
You spoke like rain that tastes of thyme,
Felt like a laugh that shook free all my past.
A grocery list, a scar, a name I feared to say—
You gathered them, you called them by a kinder light.
I whispered, "I can’t," you said, "stay with me today,"
And small brave things began to rise from night.
[Pre-Chorus — 0:20]
Lift our slow breath into steady flight,
Hold our shaking hands and teach them to stay.
You steady my breath when my hands forget the way.
[Chorus — 0:45]
Shine on, Spirit light — pull my midnight into gold,
Shine on — quick and bright, make the lost things brave and bold.
Hearts rise — voices bind — we sing and won't let go,
You steady my breath when my hands forget the way.
(Second time: Choir response builds: Leader sings line, choir answers "pull my midnight into gold")
[Bridge — build 0:50]
(Band swells — electric guitar arpeggio, strings enter; longer, sustained phrases)
When the roof caves in and the talk runs thin,
You are the door we find when we don't know where to begin.
You are the hand that bails the tide, soft but sure,
The quiet in the thunder, the anchor that endures.
Say my small name again, say it like home —
I will follow the sound, I will not follow alone.
(Short conversational tag: "I was scared — you stayed.")
[Instrumental / Choir Ad‑lib / Solo — 0:40]
(Full band groove; 8-bar instrumental so the congregation can clap along)
— Lead vocal improvises over: "Shine on, shine on" — choir answers in harmony.
— Space for 12-bar solo (guitar or piano) then choir builds stacked harmonies repeating "Shine on!"
[Key Change: up a whole step — Final Choruses x2 — combined 1:20]
(Everything lifts; higher key, fuller drums, layered harmonies)
Final Chorus 1:
Shine on, Spirit light — pull my midnight into gold,
Shine on — quick and bright, make the lost things brave and bold.
Hearts rise — voices bind — we sing and won't let go,
You stead
