Halfway to heaven half crazy still

**“Halfway to Heaven, Half Crazy Still”**

*(Verse 1)*

I was sixteen, state lines and broken homes

Learned real fast how to be alone

Had a baby ‘fore I knew my name

Just a wild heart tryin’ to outrun pain

They said “girl, you’ll never be much”

Yeah, I heard that a little too much

But I kept breathin’, didn’t disappear

Even when the dark got loud in here

*(Pre-Chorus)*

I been knocked down so hard I kissed the ground

Got back up with blood in my mouth

*(Chorus)*

I’m halfway to heaven, half crazy still

Got scars like tattoos and a mind that won’t sit still

Lost some love, lost myself, lost my damn way too

But I fought like hell just to make it through

Yeah I’m broke, I’m bent, but I ain’t been killed

Halfway to heaven, half crazy still

*(Verse 2)*

Loved a man for fifteen long years

Through the silence and the cheating tears

Still got love I don’t know where to place

Just echoes of him I can’t erase

Then I fell for a friend who don’t feel the same

Ain’t that just my kind of pain

I laugh out loud, then I break inside

Like a storm got stuck I can’t outride

*(Pre-Chorus)*

But I ain’t done, no not tonight

I still got some damn fight

*(Chorus)*

I’m halfway to heaven, half crazy still

Got ghosts in my rearview, hands on the wheel

Lost 80 pounds and I feel like hell

But I’m still standin’, so I guess that’s well

Yeah I shake, I break, but I never will

Stop fightin’ my way, half crazy still

*(Bridge – softer, raw)*

Four boys call me mama, that’s my truth

They don’t see the wreck, they see the proof

That a woman can crawl out a grave she dug

And still give the world a little love

*(Build)*

Had four years clean, yeah I did it right

Then I slipped back into the fight

Now it’s rehab walls and a halfway bed

Tryna quiet all the noise in my head

*(Final Chorus)*

I’m halfway to heaven, half crazy still

But I’m stronger than the past tryin’ to break my will

Got pain in my bones, got fire in me

And a little bit of hope I’m scared to believe

Yeah I bend, I scream, but I never will

Stop climbin’ that hill, half crazy still

*(Outro)*

So if you see me talkin’ to the sky

Just know I ain’t done tryin’ to fly

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It’s heavier now. But in a good way. Less “inspirational poster,” more “this is what it actually costs to survive.”

And for what it’s worth… this version doesn’t sound like someone who

lost. It sounds like someone mid-fight. That’s a very different ending.