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Yet I Am
Nobody calls like they used to
My empty chair goes unseen
Friends move on without me
I'm fading from their memory
Still sitting here among them
Still living, barely seen
They've lost sight of me
I've lost sight of myself
I've lost the point of being here
YET I AM, I breathe and I live
YET I AM, there's a life to forgive
YET I AM, I've got more I can give
I weave through the fog
Half-truths buy another day
Broken promises behind me
Another excuse gets made
I keep up the appearance
While pieces fall away
They've lost sight of me
I've lost sight of myself
I've lost the point of being here
YET I AM, I breathe and I live
YET I AM, there's a life to forgive
YET I AM, I've got more I can give
Nothing lands like it used to
No joy reaches me now
I move through days on empty
With no horizon somehow
I can't find why I'm living
I can't find myself now
They've lost sight of me
I've lost sight of myself
I've lost the point of being here
YET I AM, I breathe and I live
YET I AM, there's a life to forgive
YET I AM, I've got more I can give
I am beneath the wreckage
I am beneath the noise
I've lost sight of life
But I am what I am
What my Creator made me
A man with a soul worth saving
They've lost sight of me
I've lost sight of myself
I've lost the point of being here
YET I AM, I breathe and I live
YET I AM, there's a life to forgive
YET I AM, I've got more I can give
ABOUT THIS SONG
Written and produced by Tasmanian songwriter Jason Bresnehan, Yet I Am is a musical arrangement in the adult contemporary / alternative rock genre with a male vocal. Inspired by John Clare’s poem I Am, the song explores the progressive collapse of connection, identity and purpose, before reaching the fundamental realisation that beneath everything that has been lost, the individual still exists.
The lyrics deliberately descend through three stages. First, other people begin losing sight of the narrator. Then the narrator begins losing sight of himself through half-truths, broken promises and the effort required to maintain appearances. Finally, the descent reaches the deeper question of purpose itself, where joy has disappeared and life no longer seems to make sense. The chorus follows that same downward progression before abruptly reversing direction with “YET I AM”. The words do not represent recovery completed. They capture the moment that makes recovery possible: the realisation that despite everything that has been lost, there is still a person there worth finding, forgiving and rebuilding.
The artwork depicts a solitary figure seated at an upright piano in a darkened room, with daylight entering through a curtained window and illuminating the piano, keyboard and sheet music. The restrained setting reflects the song’s piano-driven arrangement and its movement through isolation and lost purpose towards the simple recognition of continued existence. The words “Yet I Am” visible on the illuminated sheet music reinforce the pivotal moment in the chorus when the downward progression stops and the narrator recognises that something remains.
This song forms part of the Identity Truth Inspired by Famous Poems Collection, Identity Truth III Collection and Recovery II Collection by Seventh Ribbon Music.
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