[Intro- A lone a-guitar simple melody. steel guitar cries soft. After 4 bars, deep kick drum enters like a heartbeat.]
[Spoken- low, calm]
Everybody’s got an opinion
Funny how the loudest voices are usually the ones who’ve never walked your road.
[Verse 1- A-guitar, warm bass, light snare, subtle fiddle.]
I’ve worn boots with holes clear through ’em,
Walked roads that never had a sign.
Lost a few dreams at the crossroads,
But I never lost this fight of mine.
I’ve watched people close the door behind me,
Heard the whispers in the dark.
They mistook my silence for surrender…
They never saw the spark.
[Pre-Chorus- E-guitar swell. Drums grow strong. Harmony vocals quiet enter.]
I’ve bent…
But I never broke.
Every scar keeps telling me
I’m stronger than I know.
[Chorus- band explodes. Big electric guitars, crash cymbals, soar harmonies.]
I ain’t dead yet,
I’ve still got fire in these veins.
Still got miles to run,
Still got songs to sing.
Knocked down, counted out,
Lord knows they all tried.
But every time life buried me
I clawed back to the light.
I ain’t done yet,
Not by a long shot.
If you’re waiting on me to quit.
Better get comfortable.
‘Cause I ain’t dead yet.
[Verse 2-Pulls back, Piano joins acoustic, bass keeps moving.]
I’ve learned peace don’t always whisper,
Sometimes it roars inside your chest.
Sometimes courage isn’t winning…
It’s simply giving life your best.
Every heartbreak left a footprint,
Every failure paid my dues.
Now I wear those old hard lessons
Like leather I can’t lose.
[Pre-Chorus- Toms roll under vocals. Guitar bends rise into chorus.]
Every sunrise
Writes another page.
I’m still standing here…
And that alone’s a victory.
[Chorus- Bigger, Add fiddle & harmony stack.]
I ain’t dead yet,
I’ve still got fire in these veins.
Still got miles to run,
Still got songs to sing.
Knocked down, counted out,
Lord knows they all have tried.
But every time life buried me,
I clawed back to the light.
I ain’t done yet,
Not by a long shot.
If you’re waiting on me to quit.
Better get comfortable.
‘Cause I ain’t dead yet.
[Bridge- all falls away but piano, soft e-guitar. vocals soft.]
Maybe I cried when nobody noticed.
Maybe I doubted who I’d become.
Maybe I nearly laid down my dreams…
But never wrote my ending.
So if tomorrow brings another battle
I’ll lace these boots again.
Because hope isn’t something you find
It’s something you decide to carry.
[F-Chorus- Full sound. Double e-guitars, fiddle,pound drums,crowd back vocals.]
I ain’t dead yet,
I’ve still got fire in these veins.
Still got love to give,
Still got dreams to chase.
I’ve survived the storms
That should’ve broken me apart.
Now every beat that’s left inside me
Comes straight from this stubborn heart.
I ain’t dead yet!
[Outro- band drops to a-guitar & steel. A soar e-guitar plays final, soulful melody before fade to silence.]
[Line spoken]
The strongest people aren’t the ones who never fall
They’re the ones who get back up before the dust settles
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