[Verse 1]
I used to think that being strong
Meant never letting something show,
Hold the pieces in my hands
And never let somebody know.
I learned to smile through every ending,
Learned to leave before goodbye,
Built a life around surviving,
Never asking myself why.
[Pre-Chorus]
But every road that disappeared,
Every door that wouldn’t stay,
Left a little more of me
Standing in its place.
[Chorus]
I’m still here,
I’m still standing,
After everything I thought
Would be the end of me.
Still becoming,
Still demanding
More from this life
Than just a memory.
I’ve been lost,
I’ve been found,
I’ve watched whole worlds come crashing down.
And after all the leaving,
After all the landing—
I’m still here.
The last pup standing.
[Verse 2]
There were years I played a version
That I thought I had to be,
Kept the wild parts in the shadows,
Kept them safely out of reach.
Then somewhere in the wreckage
I heard something call my name,
Not the person I remembered—
Someone waiting to be claimed.
[Pre-Chorus]
And every mile that brought me here,
Every chance I almost missed,
Led me to the simple truth—
I was always this.
[Chorus]
I’m still here,
I’m still standing,
After everything I thought
Would be the end of me.
Still becoming,
Still demanding
More from this life
Than just a memory.
I’ve been lost,
I’ve been found,
I’ve watched whole worlds come crashing down.
And after all the leaving,
After all the landing—
I’m still here.
The last pup standing.
[Bridge — quiet]
Maybe strength was never
Holding everything inside.
Maybe strength is finally knowing
I don’t have to hide.
Maybe home was never somewhere
I was supposed to find.
Maybe home was what was waiting
When I finally became mine.
[Instrumental rise]
[Final Chorus]
I’M STILL HERE,
I’M STILL STANDING,
And I finally know the face
Looking back at me.
No more running,
No more asking
Who I’m allowed
Or supposed to be.
I have loved,
I have lost,
I have learned what being myself can cost.
But I would choose it over
Everything they handed—
Because I’m here.
I’m still here.
[Outro — piano]
So when the music disappears,
And there’s nobody around,
I don’t need the noise
To know who I am now.
No spotlight.
No crowd.
No grand understanding.
Just Ruff.
Still standing.
