[Verse 1] I hold the ceiling over everyone While hairline tremors travel through my frame The life I want is pressing from the outside The life I have still calls me by my name [Pre-Chorus] If I lean toward it, something gives If I stay still, I disappear [Chorus] I am the column bearing weight A tired spine beneath the room I want to buckle, want to break But there are lives beneath me too So I will bend and take one step Not burn the house to prove I’m brave I’m still becoming, still not gone Though all I do is hold the strain [Verse 2] I count the cost in ordinary mornings A voice I love, a promise, rent due soon Desire keeps its hand against my shoulder And asks what I can carry without ruin [Pre-Chorus] Maybe courage isn’t leaving Maybe it’s a crack that lets me move [Chorus] I am the column bearing weight A tired spine beneath the room I want to buckle, want to break But there are lives beneath me too So I will bend and take one step Not burn the house to prove I’m brave I’m still becoming, still not gone Though all I do is hold the strain [Breakdown] I don’t have to fall to change I don’t have to choose today One small shift, one honest inch I can keep the load and live [Final Chorus] I am the column bearing weight But weight is not the whole of me I want to build beyond this place Without making wreckage of the things I need So I will bend and take one step Let careful motion make its claim I’m still becoming, still not gone And I can move while holding strain [Instrumental Cadence] [Clean resolved ending]
