[Verse 1]
I taste iron on my tongue
Bite down on another doubt
Ceiling cracks above my bed
Tracing maps of getting out
Phone lit up on the floor
Missed calls like warning signs
Breathing in that winter air
Feels like glass along my spine
[Pre-Chorus]
Every fear in slow motion
Playing back in my head
But your name on my shoulder
Pulls me back from the edge
[Chorus]
Holding on
While the world keeps pulling under
White noise rain
And a sky that splits with thunder
If my hands shake
Tie your promise to my fingers
Holding on
Holding on
Till the dark thins out and thunders
[Verse 2]
Sink into the kitchen chair
Coffee cold
The morning’s gone
Bills piled like weather fronts
Storms that never move along
But your sweatshirt on my frame
Smells like late July and trust
In the mirror
Hollow eyes
Still a spark beneath the rust
[Pre-Chorus]
Every crack in my armor
Shows a little more light
I am bruised but I’m breathing
You’re the echo inside
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
If I fall apart
Can I fall apart here?
If my voice runs dry
Will you still hear?
[growled vocals]
I am not my worst days
I am not this weight
[crescendo]
I’ve bled through the static
Climbed out of the shade
I’m still here
I’m still here
[Breakdown]
(staccato, shouted)
Hold on
While it all collapses
Hold on
Let it burn to ashes
Hold on
To the hand that found you
Hold on
Let the truth surround you
[Chorus]
[Outro]
[whispered vocals]
Fingers sore
But they still close
On something real
Something known
Breath by breath
Beat by beat
I am more
Than letting go