Verse 1
There were days the road kept breaking
Miles I never thought I’d cross
Some folks disappeared like smoke at sunrise
When they counted up the cost
But a porch light never stopped burning
There was always one more chair
When the whole world felt like leaving
I could still find home right there
Pre-Chorus
You never asked me to be perfect
You just asked me not to quit
When I was carrying the pieces
You helped me carry all of it
Chorus
Here’s to the family who stood behind me
When the sky turned black and the rain wouldn’t leave
When I couldn’t find my own reflection
You still believed in me
Blood or not, it never mattered
Love was louder than our names
When the rest of the world kept walking
You were the ones who stayed
Yeah, you’re the reason I’m still standing today
Verse 2
Every scar became a story
Every tear became a seed
You reminded me tomorrow
Could grow from yesterday’s defeat
You saw more than all my failures
More than every wrong I’d done
You kept calling me your family
Long before I finally won
Bridge
If these walls could ever talk
They’d tell of nights we laughed through tears
Holding on to one another
Through the hardest of the years
And if I ever lose my way again
I already know the road
It always leads me back to hearts
That never let me go
Final Chorus
Here’s to the family who stood behind me
Through every mountain, every valley deep
You were hope when hope was running empty
You were strength when I was weak
Every memory is a lighthouse
Shining through the darkest days
I may never find the words enough
To thank the ones who stayed
Outro
So if this song finds its way to you
I hope you hear what words can’t say
I am who I am because you loved me
You were the family…
Who stayed.
Jayson_Anthony
