Last Man Standing

[Verse 1] Everything I am, somebody gave me. Hands I mostly never thanked. The ones who came before me, and the ones who came before them. I'm the far end of a long line I can't see the start of. And the road keeps asking the one cold thing. What do you do when you're through. [Verse 2] I stopped waiting on confidence. It never came on time. So I go before I'm ready, and I learn the way I fall. [Chorus] Last man standing isn't standing still. That's the only proof there is. I held on too long. I let go too fast. Still here. Not because I won. Because I wouldn't quit. [Verse 3] I've held on past all reason. I've walked out on it too soon. I called it steel conviction when the truth was I was bruised. This road never made a promise, and loss never came alone. It taught me what was mine to keep, and what I had to let go. [Chorus] Last man standing isn't standing still. That's the only proof there is. I held on too long. I let go too fast. Still here. Not because I won. Because I wouldn't quit. [Verse 4] I used to think the finish held the man I meant to be. But you're made of who you loved, and who first loved you. My mother and father live in me. Theirs lived in them. My children carry me a while. Then someone won't recall my name. And that's alright. I was here. I loved. I was loved. [Chorus] Last man standing isn't standing still. That's the only proof there is. I held on too long. I let go too fast. Still here. Not because I won. Because I wouldn't quit. [Outro — spoken, not sung, low and plain, unhurried, a soft pulse still under it] So what do you do when you're through. You move while you're still here. Grateful for every mile, and everyone, you got. Last man standing isn't standing still. [End] Lyrics © 2026 Paul Pfanner.