Fight The Pain Inside

Woke up with the weight again

Heavy like it knows my name

Mirror shows a tired face

Heart still running in the same place

I’ve been holding my breath all week

Smiling while my bones feel weak

If it’s gonna hurt anyway

Then I’m gonna scream till it fades

I fight the pain inside

Turn my tears into a war cry

If I break

I’ll break in light

Yeah

I’m burning through the dark this time

I fight the pain inside

Every scar becomes a battle line

If I fall

I’ll still arrive

‘Cause tonight

Tonight

I fight the pain inside

Shaking in the grocery line

Laughing at the edge of crying

Friends say that I’m doing fine

They don’t hear the thunder in my quiet

I’ve been holding my breath all week

Smiling while my bones feel weak

If it’s gonna hurt anyway

Then I’m gonna dance in the flames

[low vocal register] What if the hurt don’t go?

[answering vocal] Then we go louder

Louder

If every step feels slow

We still move

We still move forward

[cresting harmonies] I’m not my worst day

I’m not my past life

I’m not the fear that says

“Stay down this time”