[Verse 1]
The chairs sit quiet now
By the back screen door
Tiny shoes by the mat
Aren't there anymore
I fold the day in half
Like a shirt by the sink
And I hear my own breath
Where the house used to sing
[Pre-Chorus]
But I can feel it
Under my skin
A small green hope
Is growing again
[Chorus]
I stand again
I stand again
On trembling knees, I stand again
I stand again
I stand again
Till the world feels soft in my hands
(stand again)
[Verse 2]
I wore the years like weight
In a hidden seam
Now I catch my face
In a window screen
Not the girl I was
Not the one I lost
Something brighter lives
In the lines it cost
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can feel it
Breaking the gray
A little more light
In my shoulders today
[Chorus]
I stand again
I stand again
On trembling knees, I stand again
I stand again
I stand again
Till the world feels soft in my hands
(stand again)
[Bridge]
Let the old ache pass
Like rain on the panes
I don't need to be new
Just mine again
[Final Chorus]
I stand again
I stand again
On trembling knees, I stand again
I stand again
I stand again
And I bloom from the hands
That let me go
(stand again)