The Finish Line [ENG] #SCPHChallenge

Written by John Paul Bantigue Corin & The Unfinished (feat. 3 Crows) BMI • IPI/CAE 01366401460 © 2026 John Paul Bantigue ℗ 2026 John Paul Bantigue • JP Bantigue Records jpbbantigue.com I laced my shoes before the sun woke up Counted every mile like it was proof I told myself i'd feel it once i got there Some kind of settling, some kind of truth I've crossed a hundred smaller lines before this Days i called a win just because i stood Nobody clapped for those, i clapped for myself And kept on going the best that i could Somewhere between the falling down and rising I stopped keeping score of how far i'd come I just kept moving toward whatever this was Not knowing yet i'd already won some Winning isn't everything It's who you had to become to arrive I thought i was chasing a finish line Turns out i was chasing my life Every mile i thought i was losing Was quietly making me whole So if this is the win they were waiting for I already have my own Maybe there's no line at all Maybe it just keeps going Maybe the crossing was never the point Maybe i've been growing Winning isn't everything And maybe it never was the plan I thought i'd feel different at the end of this But i'm still just becoming who i am Let them keep the finish lines and trophies I'll keep every mile it took If this is what they call arriving I arrived a while ago