still standing here

Verse 1

There’s a war you don’t show on your face

Silent nights you don’t dare to name

You learned early how to stay upright

When no one came, you stayed the night

You learned strength isn’t teeth or sound

Sometimes it’s not backing down

Sometimes it’s breathing through the ache

Sometimes it’s choosing not to break

Pre-Chorus

Every truth you tried to hide

Left a mark you couldn’t deny

You don’t need to be unscarred

You just need to know who you are

I’m still standing here

Through the weight, through the years

Every doubt tried to pull me under

But I learned how to breathe in thunder

Hands shaking, heart sincere

I’m still standing here

Not untouched, not unclear

Just alive — and standing here

Verse 2

There were days you went quiet inside

Just to keep the peace, just to survive

You folded dreams into smaller shapes

So the world wouldn’t call them mistakes

But the voice you buried learned to grow

In the dark, in the undertow

Every time you chose to stay

You rewrote fate in small brave ways

Pre-Chorus

They mistook your calm for weak

But storms don’t always speak

You don’t need to prove your worth

You’ve been earning it since birth

Chorus

I’m still standing here

Through the weight, through the years

Every doubt tried to pull me under

But I learned how to breathe in thunder

Hands shaking, heart sincere

I’m still standing here

Not untouched, not unclear

Just alive — and standing here

[Bridge Bare - Build / Chant Emerges)

I bent, I bled, I stayed

I lost myself, then stayed

I questioned every line

But I never crossed mine

(chant — low, growing)

Still… here

Still… here

Say it slow — I remain

Say it true — through the pain

Every fall, every fear

Brought me right — right here

I’m still standing here

With my scars in the clear

Every wound wrote a chapter

Every loss made me harder

Hands high, eyes sincere

I’m still standing here

Not fearless — just real

Still standing here

Still standing here

Still standing here

I’m still standing here