[Intro] I feel it In my chest Slow and steady Under everything Still there [Verse 1] The noise stepped back but it stayed in me Heavy and low, under my skin My chest still aches, my hands still shake But I’m upright, I haven’t caved I’m not calm and I’m not okay I’m just here in the afterwave Enough room now to feel the floor Enough air not to fold anymore [Refrain] Pulse... Still here after all the stress. Pulse... Slower now, but nevertheless. Pulse... No cure found, no happiness. Pulse.... Still alive… nothing less. [Verse 2] I was the crowds, I was the wrecks Every thought screaming what comes next I fed the noise, I held it close Until it burned me down the most Now it’s quieter, not at peace Just less violent inside of me No truth found, no lesson learned Just the weight of what remains [Refrain] Pulse... Still here after all the stress. Pulse... Slower now, but nevertheless. Pulse... No cure found, no happiness. Pulse... Still alive… nothing less. [Bridge] I don’t heal and I don’t rise I don’t dress this up in lies I don’t call this something new I just stay because I have to [Verse 3] The storm moved on but it left its shape In the way I flinch, in the way I wait Nothing fixed and nothing gone I just learned how to carry on This breath isn’t hope, it’s borrowed time A pause before the next hard climb Enough to stand, enough to choose Enough to face what’s coming through [Refrain Final] Pulse... Still here after all the stress. Pulse... Slower now, but nevertheless. Pulse... No cure found, no happiness. Pulse... Still alive… nothing less. [Outro] I let the air fall out of my chest, Not fixed, not whole, but doing my best. I ease my jaw, calm my impulses, Still alive… Pulse… ...Pulse… Pulse!
