Verse 1
The walls are breathing, counting my days
Footsteps above us, the world far away
I fold my fear into sentences small
If I don’t write it down, I might disappear at all
I hear the radio speak of the war
Like it’s happening somewhere, not outside our door
I’m growing older in shadows and dust
Trying to learn who I am, who to trust
Pre-Chorus
They say be quiet
They say be still
But my thoughts are louder
Than their will
Chorus
Still I write
When the night feels endless
Still I hope
When hope feels thin
I believe in the good of people
Even when they hunt us in
If I don’t survive this story
Let these words live in my place
Still I write
Still I write
Verse 2
I argue with God, then laugh at myself
I dream of a future I can’t put on a shelf
I want to be seen, I want to be known
I want more than fear to follow me home
There’s lipstick in dreams and hunger in truth
I’m too old for hiding, too young to lose youth
I fall in love quietly, safely, alone
With a boy who is scared just like I’ve grown
Pre-Chorus
They call me a child
But I feel too much
The world is cruel
And I’m still in love
Chorus
Still I write
When the walls close tighter
Still I breathe
Between each knock
I believe tomorrow’s coming
Even when tomorrow’s not
If my voice is all I’m given
Let it cross these lines of hate
Still I write
Still I write
Bridge
Maybe someday they’ll read my name
Not as a number
Not as a flame
But as a girl
Who tried to be brave
Who saw the world
And chose light anyway
Final Chorus (soft → lift)
Still I write
So I am living
Still I dream
So I exist
If the world breaks my body
It won’t silence this
I believe in the good of people
I believe it to the end
Still I write
Still I write
Outro (almost spoken)
If you’re listening now
Please remember this—
I was here
And I believed
Weseeyou
