[Verse 1]
Woke up with the weight again
Heavy like it knows my name
Mirror shows a tired face
Heart still running in the same place
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[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”
[Chorus]