Still standing

Verse 1 – You

I learned too early how to survive

How to read anger in someone’s eyes

How to grow up before I was grown

How to bleed quietly on my own

I carried trauma in my bones

Learned how to smile through broken homes

I fought my way just to feel safe

Built my heart on cracked foundations and faith

Every time something good felt near

Life reminded me why I should fear

Like hope was something I wasn’t allowed

Like joy had a habit of being too loud

Pre-Chorus – You

I didn’t ask for easy

I just asked for something good

Verse 2 – Jordan

I was young and lost and full of pain

Trying to numb everything I couldn’t say

High school halls and bad decisions

Looking for peace in the wrong prescriptions

I fought addiction just to stay alive

Just to make it to the other side

Pulled myself out of the dark

One hard choice, one shaky start

I survived who I used to be

So I could become the man I swore I’d be

But some nights it still weighs on my chest

Like I’m always bracing for what comes next

Pre-Chorus – Jordan

I didn’t need perfect

I just needed real

Chorus – Together

We are survivors, every scar tells the truth

We didn’t make it here untouched

All we wanted was something good

Something that finally stayed

But every time we get close to light

It feels like it’s ripped away

How much can a heart endure

Before hope starts to bruise?

We don’t want everything

We just want something good to make it through

Verse 3 – Shared

Then she came into our lives

Soft and perfect, our reason to try

Evalina—our miracle, our proof

That pain didn’t get the final move

She was going to be the reason

We believed again

The future we were holding

With trembling hands

She was the promise whispered low

The maybe this time we both allowed

And losing her broke us in ways

We didn’t know how to say out loud

Pre-Chorus – Shared

We were almost there

God, we were almost there

Chorus – Together

We are survivors, but we’re tired now

This road’s been cruel and long

Every step took everything

Just to keep holding on

Evalina was our sunrise

After endless night

She was the hope we built our lives on

The good we finally touched

Why does it feel like the moment we believe

Is the moment it’s taken from us?

Bridge – You & Jordan

We don’t understand the timing

We don’t understand the pain

But please don’t ask us to pretend

That this didn’t change everything

We’re still standing

But we’re worn thin

And surviving shouldn’t always mean

Losing something to win

If You see us, God

If You know our names

Please let goodness be louder

Than everything that came before the pain

**Final Chorus – choir

We are survivors, yes, we’re strong

But strength shouldn’t hurt like this

We’ve paid our dues, we’ve bled enough

We just want something good to exist

Evalina was and still is

The light we carry forward now….