[Verse 1] i was running on empty, moving too fast counting all the minutes, trying to make it last but every little burden, every bruise on my skin taught me how to notice where the good things begin [Pre-Chorus] in the quiet, in the chaos, in the smoke and the rain there was light in the window, there was meaning in the pain [Chorus] i'm grateful for the hard days, grateful for the love grateful for the nights that lifted me up for the hands that held me, for the ones still here i'm grateful, i'm grateful, year after year [Verse 2] for the coffee on the table, for my old front door for the songs that found me when i needed more for the scars that tell the story of the way i've grown for the little steady heartbeat that says i'm not alone [Bridge] and if tomorrow shakes me, i won't let it break me down i've seen enough of heaven in this life to trust it now [Chorus] i'm grateful for the hard days, grateful for the love grateful for the nights that lifted me up for the hands that held me, for the ones still here i'm grateful, i'm grateful, year after year
