(Verse 1) The phone call came like a sudden, cold snap Flipping my whole world onto a different map A silence so loud in the rooms we once shared A future unwritten, a life unprepared For the space where you stood, now an empty, wide frame But my heart still remembers the sound of your name. (Chorus) And I was holding on to the pain like a shield Afraid if I let go, the memory would yield But I'm looking up now, past the tears and the grey 'Cause your love is a compass showing me the way You're not a goodbye, you're a "live life out loud" I'll carry your legacy, I'm making you proud. (Verse 2) I used to just cry when the old songs would play Now I crank up the volume and dance through the day I'm planting the garden you always dreamed of seeing Finding the purpose in my continued being Grief is just love with nowhere left to run So I'll pour it all into the things left undone. (Chorus) And I was holding on to the pain like a shield Afraid if I let go, the memory would yield But I'm looking up now, past the tears and the grey 'Cause your love is a compass showing me the way You're not a goodbye, you're a "live life out loud" I'll carry your legacy, I'm making you proud. (Bridge) It's okay to feel the ache, it's part of who I am But the fire in my soul is no longer a lamb It's a "roar" for the moments we had to let go And a promise to make all the good things still grow. You wanted me happy, you wanted me free So I'll stand up unshaken, for the person you saw in me. (Chorus) I'm not holding on to the pain like a shield I've let go the fear, and the memory's revealed I'm looking up now, past the tears and the grey Your love is the compass showing me the way You're not a goodbye, you're a "live life out loud" I'll carry your legacy, I'm making you proud. (Outro) Making you proud. Living out loud. In the light of your love, I'll stand strong in the crowd. You're still here, you're still here, in every single part of me. Yeah, my heart will go on, on, and on. With a wonderful world to see. On and on... I'm free.
