I been walkin’ with my shadow
Like it knew my mama’s name
Every step another lesson
Every loss another flame
I learned love don’t always whisper
Sometimes it shakes the room
Sometimes it leaves you lonely
Just to teach you how to bloom
Pre-Chorus
I cried in the dark where nobody clapped
Found my strength in the cracks
Yeah, the cracks
Chorus
I got soul in my bones
Got fire in my chest
I bend but I don’t break
Yeah, I rise with the mess
If the world try to fold me
I unfold myself
I been lost, I been low
Still I sing for myself
Verse 2
Heard my name in the silence
When the crowd walked away
Found God in a heartbeat
Found truth in the gray
I loved hard, I loved wrong
Still I loved all the same
Every tear left a rhythm
Every bruise left a name
Pre-Chorus
I ain’t holy, I’m honest
I ain’t perfect, I’m here
Still breathing, still trying
Still louder than fear
Chorus
I got soul in my bones
Got fire in my chest
I bend but I don’t break
Yeah, I rise with the mess
If the night try to own me
I light up myself
I been lost, I been low
Still I sing for myself
Bridge
Ooo—
Don’t you tell me I’m too much
I survived not enough
Ooo—
Every scar learned to shine
Every wrong turned me right
(let the band drop out here, just voice and organ)
Chorus (soft → big)
I got soul in my bones
Hear it hum when I breathe
Every prayer I whispered
Now it’s standin’ in me
If tomorrow don’t love me
I’ll love myself
I been broke, I been bruised
Still I sing for myself
Outro
Yeah I sing…
I sing for myself
Mm—
I sing…