TEMPER ME (THE FORGE) (Rewritten)

[Intro – Piano + Low Brass]
Yeah…

I stopped asking “why”…

Now I’m just saying…
“Build me…”

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[Verse 1]
Yeah, every hit I took went deep inside,
Every loss I felt I couldn’t hide.
Long nights, heavy thoughts, no sleep,
Trying to stand when it got too deep.

I walked through things I didn’t choose,
Felt that weight I couldn’t move.
Held my ground when it didn’t feel right,
Still stayed steady in the fight.

People see me now, think it came easy,
They don’t know what it took to keep me.
But God saw more than what I could feel,
Saw something forming… something real.

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[Hook – Choir + Steady Tone]
Temper me, don’t leave me the same,
Use the pressure, use the pain.
Take what’s weak and make it real—
Shape me into something I can feel.

Temper me through everything,
Even loss, even strain.
If the fire part of the deal—
Then let it build something real.

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[Verse 2]
Yeah, I’m not the same from where I began,
Life changed me into a different man.
March, April, all that weight,
July, November — I felt that shake.

But through it all, I didn’t break,
Even when it felt like too much to take.
Something in me stayed aligned,
Even when I lost my peace of mind.

Now I see it different than before,
It wasn’t random, it was more.
Every moment had a role to play,
Building something I live today.

Not perfect, but I’m standing still,
Not untouched, but I got will.
And what I carry ain’t surface deep—
It’s something formed I get to keep.

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[Hook – Bigger]
Temper me, don’t leave me the same,
Use the pressure, use the pain…

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[Bridge – Calm, Surrendered]
If it shape me…
I accept it…

If it build me…
I won’t run…

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[Verse 3]
Yeah, I didn’t ask for what I faced,
But I can’t deny what it created.
Something stronger, something clear,
Something that don’t move from fear.

I still feel it, I still heal,
But now I know what’s underneath the feel.
Not fragile, not easy to break,
Something steady through every shake.

So if it come again, I understand,
I’m not who I was, I’m who I am.
And what’s been built don’t disappear—
It’s still right here.

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[Final Hook – Choir Full]
Temper me, through fire and strain,
You used the loss, You used the pain.
Everything I faced revealed—
Something deeper… something real.

Temper me, I stand the same,
Not destroyed by what I came through.
What was tested, what I feel—
It built something… real.

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[Outro – Piano Fade]
Yeah…

It didn’t break me…

It shaped me…

Drums, piano, bass, choir, brass, organ, strings, male