[Verse 1]
I grew up on cracked floorboards
And shouting through the walls
Mom and pops in a cold war
I learned to brace for falls
Amber hid behind the doorway
I wore the bruises like a name
Joshua laughed in the driveway
Then the house went dead the same
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I count each scar like proof
I survived the wreckage through
Every lie I swallowed whole
Every hand that let me go
[Chorus]
Joshua, Joshua
I still hear your name
Joshua, Joshua
Nothing stays the same
Amber, hold on tight
Mom and pops, I’m here
I got sober from the poison
But I still taste the fear
[Verse 2]
I drank to blur the ceiling
To mute the things I knew
Bottle on the bathroom tile
Like the only friend I had to lose
Shaking in the morning light
Sweat on a borrowed bed
I met my ghosts with empty hands
And I looked them in the head
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I count each scar like proof
I survived the wreckage through
Every lie I swallowed whole
Every hand that let me go
[Chorus]
Joshua, Joshua
I still hear your name
Joshua, Joshua
Nothing stays the same
Amber, hold on tight
Mom and pops, I’m here
I got sober from the poison
But I still taste the fear
[Bridge]
I don’t call it healing
I call it staying here
With the nights that bit me open
And the days that brought the years
If I shake, I shake
If I break, I bend
I’m still making room for Joshua
At the table in my head
[Final Chorus]
Joshua, Joshua
I still hear your name
Joshua, Joshua
I won’t bury the flame
Amber, hold on tight
Mom and pops, I’m here
I got sober from the poison
And I’m dragging out of fear
Joshua, Joshua
I still hear your name