Still I Stand
(In the Dark)

I wake in the quiet, weight on my chest
Silence is louder than anything left
Shadows are tracing the cracks in my mind
But I’m still here... still alive

Every step feels like sinking in sand
World in my lungs, I can barely stand
Dreams in the distance, fading to gray
But something in me won’t fade away

When the night pulls me under
And I start to break
There’s a voice in the silence
I can’t escape

I bend, I break, I fall apart
But I’m holding on with a shattered heart
Through the fire, through the rain
I crawl my way through all the pain
When the dark says I won’t make it through
I find a strength I never knew
Bruised and worn, still I stand
I won’t fade—I won’t end

I’ve worn a smile just to hide the war
Fought every night I can’t ignore
Every scar like a quiet scream
Proof I survived what buried me

I’ve been lost in the echo of my own doubt
Every door closing, shutting me out
But deep in the hollow, under the weight
There’s something in me that refuses fate

When I’m barely breathing
On the edge again
I feel it burning underneath my skin

I bend, I break, I fall apart
But I’m holding on with a shattered heart
Through the fire, through the rain
I crawl my way through all the pain
When the dark says I won’t make it through
I find a strength I never knew
Bruised and worn, still I stand
I won’t fade—I won’t—

I won’t... disappear...
I’m still here...

Even when my hands are shaking...
Even when my heart is breaking...

I won’t let go of who I am
I fought too far to fall again

I bend, I break, I fall apart
But I rebuild a stronger heart
Through the fire, through the pain
I rise again and again and again
When the world says I won’t make it through
I become someone brand new
Bruised and worn, still I stand
You can’t break me—I still stand

Not unbroken... just unafraid
Every storm... I outlasted the wave
I’m still standing...