Damaged, But You Stayed

[Verse]
I’m tangled up in shadows deep as the sea
The ghosts from my past won’t set me free
You look at me like I’m still worth the fight
But I’m lost in the war between shadow and light
[Chorus]
You see the hope where I see the pain
You steady the wheel while I call the rain
I don’t know how you hold on so tight
To this wreck of a man trapped in the night
[Verse 2]
I fold my hands just to break them apart
Every apology feels like a false start
I clutch at redemption but it slips away
Yet you wait for me at the break of day
[Bridge]
I can feel the chains of the place I’m from
Their grip too tight
The damage done
Still you pour love where my soul bleeds through
Even when I can’t appreciate you
[Chorus]
You see the hope where I see the pain
You steady the wheel while I call the rain
I don’t know how you hold on so tight
To this wreck of a man trapped in the night
[Outro]
So here I stand with my broken groove
For all that I’ve lost
For all I can’t prove
You put up with me
You hold the key
To the better man I can barely see

R&B, male, emotional, Celtic harp, hip hop violin