[Verse 1]
Smoke in the doorway.
Hands on my knees.
That old familiar panic
is chewing on me.
Memory faces
flash like a blade.
I know that hallway,
I know that shade.
[Pre-Chorus]
I learned to flinch first.
I learned to hide.
My own heart pounding
won't let me lie.
If I go under,
call my name.
Drag me back
from the edge of the frame.
[Chorus]
I'm still here breathing.
I'm still here breathing.
Scared, but I’m standing.
Still here breathing.
(Still here breathing)
[Verse 2]
Therapy rooms
with the chair too close.
Trying to talk,
but the words won't go.
Trauma bonds
like chains in rain.
I reach for light
and I taste the pain.
Ghostly screams
in the back of my skull.
Empty apartment,
too loud, too full.
[Pre-Chorus]
I learned to flinch first.
I learned to hide.
My own heart pounding
won't let me lie.
If I go under,
call my name.
Drag me back
from the edge of the frame.
[Chorus]
I'm still here breathing.
I'm still here breathing.
Scared, but I’m standing.
Still here breathing.
(Still here breathing)
[Bridge]
If tonight gets violent
inside my head,
I hold one truth
I heard instead:
this body survived
what tried to erase it.
This body survived
and I still can face it.
Emergency lights
in the dark of me.
One more hour,
one more breath,
one more try to see.
[Final Chorus]
I'm still here breathing.
I'm still here breathing.
I may be shaking.
Still here breathing.
I'm still here breathing.
I'm still here breathing.
Not gone, not leaving.
Still here breathing.
(Still here breathing)