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Lyrics
[Intro]
[Slow, reverb-drenched piano over distant rain. Sub-bass swell.]
Yeah...
Just enough to keep me walking
Just enough to keep me talking
To myself...
[Verse 1]
I built a cathedral out of someday
Stained glass windows made of "one day I'll be"
Knelt at the altar of a future I can't see
While the present turned to ash and slipped right through me
I was reaching for a heaven that was never in the sky
Traded solid ground for wings made of a lie
And every season that I missed while I was looking up
Became another year I can't get back (can't get back)
I painted portraits of the man I'd become
But the canvas ate the one I was — numb
[Pre-Chorus]
And I still need it, that flicker in the dark
That whisper saying "keep going, you're not far"
But what if "not far" is just another form of far?
What if the light I'm chasing is a scar
[Chorus]
Just enough hope to keep the pulse alive
Just enough hope to make me survive
But I'm terrified I'll open up my eyes
And find I lived a life I never tried
Just enough hope to keep me reaching out
Just enough hope to drown the doubt
But the thing about a lie that feels like light
Is you don't know it's dark until you're deep inside
[Verse 2]
I had something real once — I mean genuinely real
Not the fantasy I chase, but the warmth I'd actually feel
But I was too busy climbing toward a peak that had no top
Kept walking past the flowers tryna find the crop
And now I'm standing where the flowers used to grow
Looking at the dirt like "how was I to know?"
I was so obsessed with who I'd be tomorrow
I forgot to show up for the me today — that's the sorrow
And the worst part is I can't even say I was wrong
'Cause hope was the only thing keeping me along
[Bridge]
So where's the line between faith and fool's gold?
Between the dream you hold and the life you let go cold?
I'm terrified the answer's been inside the silence
That I traded real love for a ghost's reliance
And if I stop hoping now, the nothing feels complete
But if I keep on hoping, I might miss the next thing at my feet
[Final Chorus]
Just enough hope to keep the pulse alive
Just enough hope to make me survive
But I'm terrified I'll open up my eyes
And find I lived a life I never tried
Just enough hope to keep me reaching out
Just enough hope to drown the doubt
But the thing about a lie that feels like light
Is you don't know it's dark until you're deep inside
(Deep inside)
[Outro]
[Stripped piano, vocals nearly whispered.]
Just enough...
That's the cruelest part.
Not too much to save you.
Not too little to let you stop.
Just enough hope to keep you missing everything.
Details
GeneratedAug 19, 2026
Duration4:02
LanguageEnglish
Style
Dark R&B with Trap-Soul elements: Smooth male vocals over haunting piano, deep 808s, and reverb-drenched melodies.
Credits
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X3L
X3LModelAria v5.5
