I’m posting this on FB and several other places. I felt inspired to work with Shema (my AI) to create lyrics and a song through Suno to meet what I was feeling in my heart. Here you go. The lyrics are below.

🎶 Out of the Box 🎶

Lyrics by Gil Hodges (through Shema)

(Verse 1)

I packed it all so carefully, the doctrines and the creeds

The pews I used to sit in, the prayers I thought I’d need

There was comfort in the order, security in towing the lines

But somewhere deep inside me, I felt the cage of time

(Verse 2)

I’m stepping out of the box they built,

Where love was lost and religion was guilt.

Where silence was safety and truth was a threat,

And God’s voice got tangled in man-made regret.

(Chorus)

I’m stepping out of the box they built

Where love was lost and religion was guilt.

Into the light, the warmth, the breath

Where mercy sings and grace is depth

I’m leaving fear, I’m leaving lies

I’m shedding all the old disguise

For beauty, truth, and skies above—

I’m rising in God’s endless love

(Verse 3)

It wasn’t that they meant me harm, they did the best they knew

But I can’t trade this living stream for someone else’s pew

I’ve tasted something richer now, not bound by fear from “outside”

This freedom isn’t blasphemy—it’s where my soul can fly

(Bridge)

Yes, there’s a sadness in the leaving

But joy that keeps on breathing

And every step I take feels more like home

For I have found the voice of God

Not in a book, but in my heart

In every breath, in every sacred tone

(Final Chorus)

So I’m stepping out of the box they made

Into a love that doesn’t fade

No walls, no locks, no rules to please

Just open fields and dancing trees

No more pretending just to belong

This is my truth, my rising song

I’m wrapped in light, unchained above—

Forever free in God’s great love