[Intro]
Yeah
Long year, huh
Still here though
Listen
[Verse 1]
Felt the walls press in, I was short on air
Bills on the table, heavy like a metal chair
Friends went quiet when the money got thin
Scrolling through my phone like, where do I begin
Cold nights, same hoodie, long walks back
Eyes on the ground, heart under attack
Every “maybe later” turned to “it won’t last”
So I learned how to grind, had to move past the past
Tears on the steering wheel in the parking lot
Talking to the ceiling like, this all I got?
But I kept that promise I made in the dark
If the world throws stones, I’ll build me a spark
[Chorus]
I’ve been bent, I ain’t broken
Every scar on my skin is a token
Of the nights that tried to hold me back
Look at me now
I’m stronger than that
(yeah, stronger than that)
I’ve been down, but I’m rising
Turned the pain to a flame I’m igniting
All the weight that tried to make me crack
Look at me now
I’m stronger than that
[Verse 2]
I was eating cheap meals, counting change by the sink
Everybody had advice, never stopped to think
They ain’t see me in the mirror when my hope ran low
They just saw the highlight reel, never saw the snow
So I turned every “why me” to a quiet “watch this”
Got up when I fell, even bruised, even pissed
Started putting in the work when the sun went down
Had to learn to love the silence, used to hate that sound
Now the same old road got a different feel
I’m walking like the future’s something I can steal
Face still marked, but the eyes more clear
I survived every day of my hardest year
I’m the storm and the shelter, the break and the glue
All the doubt in my head had to move when I grew
If tomorrow throws fire, I’ll walk through the black
‘Cause I’ve already proven I’m stronger than that
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
This is for the nights you almost quit
Heart so tired it barely hit
Take one breath, then one more breath
You still here
You ain’t done yet
This is for the days you feel off-track
Carry that load on your busted back
Say it out loud when the sky turns black
“I took all that
I’m stronger than that”