[Verse 1] I used to measure nights By how long I could hold my breath Counting every distant sound Like it was coming for me next Ceilings felt too close Silence felt too loud My own heartbeat in the dark Was something I didn’t trust I learned how to rest Without ever sleeping [Pre-Chorus] Then you — Not with fireworks Not with promises Just your hand Finding mine Like it had somewhere to be [Chorus] It wasn’t dramatic No choirs in the sky No sudden revelation No grand design It was your breathing Steady and deep And the first night of my life I finally slept [Verse 2] Your arm around my waist Wasn’t possession — It was anchor The mattress didn’t feel like A battlefield anymore For once My mind didn’t rehearse disasters Didn’t redraw exit plans Didn’t map the room I just… Drifted [Pre-Chorus 2] You didn’t ask me to be fearless You didn’t try to fix the past You just stayed Close enough For my pulse to slow at last [Chorus (Expanded)] It wasn’t dramatic No trembling earth No angels leaning closer To witness what it’s worth It was your breathing Soft and deep And the first night of my life I finally slept No bracing No keeping watch No bargaining with shadows Just sleep [EPIC BREAK] [Everything drops. Just distant piano + low atmospheric hum] [Spoken / Half-Sung] Do you know what that means? To fall asleep Without negotiating with the dark? To close your eyes And not calculate How you’ll survive the morning? [Strings begin to rise slowly] You didn’t save me. You didn’t fight monsters. You just lay there — And my body believed you. [Silence — one heartbeat sound] It believed It was safe. [Full orchestral swell begins building] [Final Chorus (Huge, soaring, hair-raising)] It wasn’t dramatic But it changed everything The war inside my ribs Lost its grip No alarms No hidden knives No preparing for goodbye Just your breathing Steady and deep And the first night of my life — I slept [Choir harmonies swell under “I slept”] I slept. [Outro (Stripped back to almost nothing)] If this is love Then it isn’t loud It’s the sound Of not being afraid Anymore.

The First Night I Slept