[Intro] One. Two. Three. Keep counting. [Verse 1] No finish line. No revelation. No voice telling me I've nearly won. Just another morning dragging daylight through a body that still isn't done. Everybody loves the story afterward. How you stood. How you fought. How you changed. Nobody talks about the middle— when surviving feels exactly like staying the same. [Pre-Chorus] Don't ask me for forever. Give me ten. Then ten again. [Chorus] A thousand heartbeats. That's all I need. One after another until the dark releases me. A thousand heartbeats. Don't promise me the end. Just give me enough to reach the next one— then I'll start again. [Verse 2] Some days strength isn't standing. Some days courage doesn't roar. Sometimes all you've got is refusing to stay down on the floor. I stopped asking when it gets easier. Stopped begging time to make it fair. If the weight won't move around me— then I'll learn how to move with it there. [Pre-Chorus] Don't ask me for forever. Give me ten. Then ten again. [Chorus] A thousand heartbeats. That's all I need. One after another until the dark releases me. A thousand heartbeats. Don't promise me the end. Just give me enough to reach the next one— then I'll start again. [Bridge] I don't need to feel fearless. I don't need to feel whole. I don't need some grand redemption waiting somewhere down the road. I just need this second. Then the second after that. Endurance isn't never breaking. It's knowing you can break— and still come back. TEN. More. TEN. More. TEN. More. DON'T STOP. [Break] If I can't carry the whole distance— I'll carry one more step. If I can't survive the whole night— I'll survive the next breath. [Final Chorus] A thousand heartbeats. That's all I need. One after another until the dark releases me. A thousand heartbeats. No promise. No defence. Just another pulse and another— and another— and another— until I'm there. [Outro] One hundred. Keep going. Five hundred. Keep going. Nine hundred. Keep going. Nine ninety-eight. Nine ninety-nine. ... ONE THOUSAND. Still here. Start counting again.
