[Verse 1]
Empty plates on the table
Unpaid bills on the fridge door
Every clock hand felt hateful
Every sunrise a cold war
I was counting cracks in the ceiling
Like they could tell me what I'm worth
Heart heavy like wet denim
Feet nailed to the earth
[Pre-Chorus]
But something in me
Wouldn’t break
Wouldn’t bend
A tiny pilot light
That just refused to end
[Chorus]
After all this hurt
There’s a small chance it gets better
Just a thin line in the dark sky
But I’m betting on that splinter of forever
I’ve been dragged through dirt
Now I’m standing in the weather
If there’s one light on the far side
I’ll walk
I’ll crawl
I’ll get there
[Verse 2]
All my friends had their headlines
I was stuck in the footnotes
Wearing hand-me-down endings
In a life that I hadn’t chose
Then you called on a Tuesday
Laughing like the world’s not doomed
Said
“What if this is the chapter
Where it finally turns for you?”
[Pre-Chorus]
And something in me
Learned to breathe
Learned to trust
Tiny tremor in my rib cage
Shook the rust
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I’ve been lost in the low
Low tones
Couch cushions
Cracked screen phone
But I still kept one good shirt
For the day it all works
I’ve been soaked in the long
Long storm
Still I saved one match
Kept it warm
Now I’m striking it against this dawn
I’m still here
I’m still strong
[Chorus]