What we carried

verse 1]

Kept our bills in a Crown Royal bag

Gas light glowing in a broke Chevrolet

Ramen on the stove at midnight

Stretching thirty bucks another week

Both of us broken long before we met

Becoming what the other needed most

Nobody saw the war in this house

They only saw the smoke after the fire

We carried pain like a family name

Shame like bricks inside our chest

I kept feeding all my demons

You carried the weight of my mess

Every time I nearly disappeared

You stood in that doorway shaking

Begging me not to let go

Yeah, we were two worn-out hearts

Building a home out of what we carried

I came from fists and broken promises

Digging my own grave deep in the dirt

You looked right through all my wreckage

Saw a man who was worth saving

When I’d given up on surviving

I kept walking back toward the fire

You stayed on your knees and prayed

We carried pain like a family name

Regret stitched into our skin

I pawned our peace to buy my poison

You went and bought it back again

Everybody talks about forever

Till forever gets this hard

You stayed through every nightmare

That tried to tear us apart

Yeah, we were two worn-out souls

Building a home out of what we carried

I was the one with all the baggage

You were the one holding the Bible

Praying me out of the dark

Redemption ain't for perfect people

It’s for the ones who finally choose

To stop tearing down the only home

They have left to lose

If you’re out there in the dark struggling

If shame’s got you by the throat

There’s still somebody praying for you

If love survived a story like ours

Maybe yours ain't gone too far

God still builds beautiful things

Out of shattered hearts and scars

Yeah, we’re still standing somehow

After all we carried

Yeah, after all we carried…

We’re still standing now.

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