[Verse 1]
I packed lunches with a cracked-up heart
Still showed up when the day fell apart
You took the room, took the last of my time
Left me folding my pain into a line
Baby shoes by the door, unpaid bills on the counter
I swallowed my name just to make the house louder
I learned how to smile with a storm in my chest
While you called it love and called my silence rest
[Pre-Chorus]
But I heard my own breath
Under all that noise
A mother don’t break
She gets back her voice
[Chorus]
I’m still here
I’m still here
Through the smoke, through the tears
I’m still here
I’m still here
I can build from the wreck
I’m still here
[Verse 2]
You wanted a wife like a shadow on the wall
Small enough to vanish, soft enough to fall
I was wiping syrup off a little brown shirt
With a bruise in my spirit and dirt on my work
School runs, late shifts, tired knees, holy patience
I carried two lives through your cold calculations
You kept score, I kept blood in the frame
And somehow my children still knew my name
[Pre-Chorus]
Now I’m standing close
To the girl I lost
I don’t owe my light
To a man who got lost
[Chorus]
I’m still here
I’m still here
Through the smoke, through the tears
I’m still here
I’m still here
I can build from the wreck
I’m still here
[Bridge]
I don’t need your permission
To heal in my skin
I don’t need your shadow
To prove I can win
I was bending for years
Now I’m learning to stand
With my daughter’s small hand
And my son in my hand
[Final Chorus]
I’m still here
I’m still here
Through the smoke, through the tears
I’m still here
I’m still here
Quiet but clear
I’m still here
[Outro]
No more begging the door
No more folding my flame
I am not what you broke
I’m the one who remained