[Verse 1]
I learned to read the silence
Before somebody said goodbye,
Learned how to keep on smiling
With a storm behind my eyes.
I carried every memory
Like a photograph in flames,
And even when the years moved on,
My heart remembered names.
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been the shelter in the thunder,
The steady hand nobody sees.
But being strong for everybody
Never meant the hurt didn’t reach me.
[Chorus]
My heart remembers every name,
But grief will never own my flame.
I bend, I break, I rise, I fight—
Still soft, still here, still burning bright.
Let the darkness test my light;
It only teaches me to shine.
I’ve walked through hell and held on tight—
Still soft, still here, still burning bright.
[Verse 2]
I’ve given second chances
To the ones who barely gave me one.
I stayed when love grew heavy;
I made jokes when I wanted to run.
But loyalty is not permission
To leave your footprints on my soul.
I can love you from a distance
And still finally let you go.
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m not cold when I go quiet;
I’m protecting what remains.
There’s a difference between forgiveness
And inviting back the pain.
[Chorus]
My heart remembers every name,
But grief will never own my flame.
I bend, I break, I rise, I fight—
Still soft, still here, still burning bright.
Let the darkness test my light;
It only teaches me to shine.
I’ve walked through hell and held on tight—
Still soft, still here, still burning bright.
[Bridge]
For every chair that now sits empty,
For every voice I cannot hear,
I’ll carry love beyond the ending;
I’ll keep a piece of heaven near.
I am not what tried to break me.
I’m every time I rose again.
The fire didn’t come to take me—
It showed me who I’ve always been.
[Breakdown]
Still loving.
Still trying.
Still laughing through the crying.
Still dreaming.
Still fighting.
Still here—and still becoming.
[Final Chorus]
My heart remembers every name,
And love still lives inside the ache.
I bent, I broke, but I survived;
Still soft, still here, still burning bright.
Let the whole sky lose its light—
I’ll make a sunrise of my life.
No wound, no loss, no last goodbye
Could take the fire I hold inside.
My heart remembers every name,
But grief will never own my flame.
I bend, I break, I rise, I fight—
Still soft, still here,
Still mine, still alive—
Still burning bright.
[Outro]
I’m not untouched.
I’m not unscarred.
I’m simply proof
That soft can still be strong.