[Verse 1]
I seen my name on the list
Then I tore that page in half
Cold hall, thin paper
Mama prayed me through the bath
Block kept taking its toll
I kept my foot on the crack
If fear came knocking hard
I sent that fear right back
Late train, empty seat
Hands shook, but I stayed still
Old wounds on my sleeve
New ones learned to heal
I don’t owe pain my soul
I don’t bend, I don’t fold
Every scar on my skin
Look alive in the cold
[Pre-Chorus]
I been down, I been low
Still I rose with the smoke
Heart beat like a drum
When the whole room broke
If the dark wants a body
It won’t get mine tonight
I got blood in my voice
And I’m standing in the light
[Chorus]
Surviving death
I’m still here
Surviving death
I made it clear
Call my name
I won’t disappear
Surviving death
I’m still here
[Verse 2]
Sidewalk cracked in the rain
I was counting every step
Broken watch, borrowed coin
Still I never skipped a test
Friends turned into ghosts
Then the ghosts turned real
Had to learn how to breathe
When the chest wouldn’t feel
I wore doubt like a chain
Then I threw that chain away
Now the mirror don’t lie
It just knows what I became
If the wolves want a meal
Tell ’em wait at the gate
I been dead to the fear
Now I live by my fate
[Pre-Chorus]
I been down, I been low
Still I rose with the smoke
Heart beat like a drum
When the whole room broke
If the dark wants a body
It won’t get mine tonight
I got blood in my voice
And I’m standing in the light
[Chorus]
Surviving death
I’m still here
Surviving death
I made it clear
Call my name
I won’t disappear
Surviving death
I’m still here
[Harmonica Solo]
[Bridge]
If I fall, I fall forward
Not back where they left me
If I break, I break open
Let the pain come and test me
I was born in the fire
I was raised by the ache
Now the whole world knows
What it takes to stay awake
[Piano Solo]
[Violin Solo]
[Final Chorus]
Surviving death
I’m still here
Surviving death
I made it clear
Call my name
I won’t disappear
Surviving death
I’m still here
[Cello Solo]