[Verse 1 – soft, fractured] There’s a war beneath my ribs No name, no flag, no warning sign My breath forgets how to arrive And time just folds, then eats my spine The room is loud with all I’ve lost I lie inside this blinking cage The silence isn’t peaceful now It’s just the static of a rage [Pre-Chorus – whispered resolve] No one sees what doesn’t bleed No fever chart for hope or need But I still whisper to the night— “I’m not done yet. I hold the fight.” [Chorus – slow burn, rising] I am still here, cracked and true Through flame, through fog, through coming unglued The world forgot the map I knew But I’m still tracing something through There’s no applause, no easy way But I am showing up today [Verse 2 – aching, honest] Each hour bruises like a stone Each limb a stranger in my skin My brain, a sky that won’t hold form And memories just scatter thin But I am more than what’s gone wrong I am the breath that still belongs The name that illness cannot own A seed beneath a buried song [Pre-Chorus – tighter, urgent] Some days I ache just to exist And curse the air for what it missed But in this hollow, I remain— A pulse that rises through the strain [Chorus – thicker harmonies, drums bloom] I am still here, unrefined Not healed, not whole, but still aligned The mirror cracks, the days betray— But I keep walking anyway My body weeps, the flare won’t end But I am here. I will not bend. [Bridge – gentle choir, glowing warmth] If you feel like you’ve dissolved Like you’re a name that’s been revoked I’ll sit beside you in that doubt We hold the line—we don’t burn out You don’t have to rise or run Just breathe enough to see the sun The miracle is this small stand: Alive, afraid, but still unmanned [Final Chorus – full soundscape, radiant] We are still here, barely whole But fighting with our tattered soul No finish line, no silver cure— Just something fierce that still endures When all the noise has gone to black, We'll write our names into the cracks [Outro – quiet but strong, like slow breath] Still here Still near Still real Still clear
