(Low piano, echo like a heartbeat. You whisper before the verse starts.)
[Verse 1]
I been sittin’ in a quiet room
Lights off, thoughts loud, too soon
Every shadow sound like my name
Every breath feel heavy with shame
Tryna smile, but it don’t reach my eyes
I keep tellin’ folks I’m fine, but it’s lies
I’m tired of bein’ strong, tired of the fight
Tired of pretendin’ I’ll be alright
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[Chorus]
Can anybody hear me?
I’m talkin’ to the dark again
Drownin’ in my memories
Can’t tell where I start or end
If I disappear tonight,
Would the world still spin the same?
I’m reachin’ for the light,
But I keep callin’ my own name
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[Verse 2]
I stare at the ceiling just hopin’ for peace
But my head won’t stop, won’t give me release
Got a smile for my kids, a mask for the world
But inside it’s chaos, emotions unfurled
The mirror showin’ me a ghost of a man
With dreams that slipped right through his hands
I keep hearin’ my mama’s voice in my head
Sayin’, “baby, keep fightin’ — don’t end up dead”
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[Bridge]
I know they love me, but they don’t see
The demons livin’ inside of me
And I don’t want to scare ‘em with my pain
So I keep drownin’ in my own rain
One foot on the edge, one holdin’ on
Between the night and the break of dawn
God, if you hear me, please make it clear
Why I’m still breathin’ when I don’t wanna be here
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[Final Chorus]
Can anybody hear me?
I’m talkin’ to the dark again
Drownin’ in my memories
Can’t tell where I start or end
If I fade into the silence,
Don’t forget I tried to stay
I just wanted someone to find me
Before I drift away
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[Outro – Spoken]
I ain’t lookin’ for fame or praise…
I just needed to be seen once.
To be heard.
To be saved before I’m gone.
(Piano fades out like a heartbeat slowing down.)
(Soft piano echoes like slow rain. The room is dim. Your breath hits the mic. Then—silence.)
[Verse 1]
I been sittin’ in this quiet room,
Feelin’ like a ghost inside my own truth.
Walls whisper every fear I hide,
Every breath feel borrowed inside.
Thoughts get loud when the lights go low,
Every shadow start to know what I know.
Sometimes I pray just to feel somethin’ real,
But faith don’t always answer the way I feel.
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[Pre-Chorus]
I been tired of actin’ brave,
Tired of playin’ the part they made.
If I’m honest, I just need a sign,
That my life still worth the climb.
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[Chorus]
But I’m still breathin’, still tryin’,
Even when my soul keeps cryin’.
I been down on the floor with my fears,
But I’m still standin’ after the tears.
You can break my heart, you can steal my time,
But I’ll never give up this fight of mine.
I was drownin’ in silence too,
But somehow I made it through.
*(Backups hum: “made it through… made it through…”)
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[Verse 2]
Used to stare at the ceiling thinkin’ “this is it,”
Feelin’ like my story wasn’t worth one bit.
But then I thought of the faces that call me Dad,
And how they’d look if they lost what they had.
Julian, Alana, Kalani, Ayla —
four little reasons to fight another day.
I ain’t healed, but I’m still here,
Still fightin’ through the pain and fear.
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[Bridge 1]
I know what it’s like to wanna fade away,
To pray for the sun but wake in the gray.
But every time the dark tried to win,
I heard my mother whisper again,
“Son, your heart was built for more,
Don’t close the door, keep searchin’ for the shore.”
(Band swells with slow strings; voice cracks, but you keep singing.)
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[Chorus – Reprise]
I’m still breathin’, still tryin’,
Even when the world feels like it’s lyin’.
There’s a light somewhere behind these walls,
And I’m reachin’ till I hear it call.
You can bend my soul, but I won’t break,
Every scar I got, I’ll let it make
A map back home, a truth brand new —
I was lost, but now I grew.
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[Bridge 2 – Spoken / Half-sung]
Some nights I still feel the pull,
That voice sayin’, “end it all.”
But I learned pain ain’t always my enemy,
Sometimes it’s just what’s left of me.
If I can cry, it means I care.
If I can feel, I’m still there.
So I’ll write my hurt in every song,
Until the silence finally feels gone.
*(Backups rise like a choir: “You’re not alone…”)
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[Final Chorus – Emotional Build]
I’m still breathin’, still tryin’,
Still reachin’ for the stars defyin’.
Every tear, every night I bled,
Became the ink my heart has shed.
I ain’t perfect, I ain’t pure,
But I’m still here, that’s for sure.
If I made it this far, I’ll keep goin’ too —
This song’s proof that I pulled through.
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[Outro – Spoken softly]
If you’re listenin’ to this right now…
and you feel like you got nothin’ left —
you ain’t alone, I swear it.
You’re breathin’ too.
That means there’s still a reason.
(Piano fades, heartbeat sound stops. Silence remains.)