Standing in the hall

Intro

I used to pray with my back to the wall

Now I pray with my kids in the hall

Verse 1

I learned early how to disappear

Smile wide, keep the damage unclear

Ghosts in the medicine drawer

God felt stuck behind a locked door

I chased relief like it knew my name

Every bottle said, “You’re not to blame”

Mirror said, “Son, that ain’t livin’”

That’s just blackin’ out in disguise

Chorus

I been lost, I been saved, I been torn in two

I been runnin’ from hell just to run into You

I broke promises I meant to keep

But I woke up one day and I chose to breathe

Yeah I bent, yeah I bled, yeah I fell apart

But I’m still standin’ in the doorway, heart to heart

With the life I damn near threw away

I’m still standin’… I’m still stayin’

Verse 2

There’s a woman who loved me past reason

Held the line through every season

Kids with my eyes, crooked grin

Didn’t know how close I came to quittin’ them

Every bedtime prayer cut like glass

“Please let Daddy make it back”

Chorus (lift)

I been weak, I been proud, I been ashamed

I been callin’ myself by the wrong damn name

I traded truth for temporary peace

Till the cost came due—and it wasn’t cheap

Yeah I bent, yeah I bled, yeah I fell apart

But I’m still standin’ in the doorway, heart to heart

Bridge

There’s a fear that don’t sleep under my skin

Says, “You could lose it all again”

But faith in the cracks of my doubt

Says, “Son, you ain’t done yet—don’t bow out”

Verse 3

I built a life outta scars and grit

Learned how to stand when the math don’t fit

Money comes, money goes

Time’s the thief nobody knows

I won’t spend another year

Too busy grindin’ to keep ’em near

Final Chorus

I been rich, I been broke, upside down

I been king, I been buried in the ground

Now I’m sober enough to finally see

What the hell really matters to me

Yeah I bent, yeah I bled, yeah I fell apart

But I’m still standin’ in the doorway, heart to heart

With the life I damn near threw away

I’m still standin’… I’m still stayin’

Outro

I pray with my kids in the hall

Not ’cause I’m perfect—

Just ’cause I’m here at all

Yeah… I’m still here.