[Intro] Yeah—hold steady That spark is back again [Verse 1] I keep my hands flat on the kitchen table Counting every crack like a warning label Phone face down, but my pulse won’t quit One small flash and I’m swallowed by it I tell the room I’m fine, make the sentence sound clean While a hundred bad endings race across the screen You see the jacket, the grin, the practiced pose Not the cold in my chest when the thunder rolls [Pre-Chorus] Don’t tell me it’s nothing, I know what I feel The wound has no color, the pressure is real [Chorus] When the lightning strikes inside me I can’t hide what it finds All the fears and all the pain Come alive at the same time I keep saying I’m alright But the words don’t hold the line When the lightning strikes inside me Every heartbeat tells the truth tonight [Verse 2] I learned how to laugh with a jaw locked tight Turn a crowded room into a private fight There’s a photograph bent in the back of a drawer Of the kid I was before I learned to brace for war I wear every failure like a chain under sleeves Still chasing one breath that I’m allowed to believe If I run, it follows; if I stop, it grows So I stand in the middle and let somebody know [Pre-Chorus] Don’t tell me it’s weakness, I know what I bear The fear gets a voice when it catches me there [Chorus] When the lightning strikes inside me I can’t hide what it finds All the fears and all the pain Come alive at the same time I keep saying I’m alright But the words don’t hold the line When the lightning strikes inside me Every heartbeat tells the truth tonight [Bridge] If you see me shaking, don’t turn away I’m not asking you to fix every day Just stay through the silence, stay through the noise Let me find my way back to my own voice [Final Chorus] When the lightning strikes inside me I will face what it finds All the fears and all the pain Won’t control me for a lifetime I may still say I’m alright But now I’m honest when I fight When the lightning strikes inside me I’ll keep breathing till the storm leaves my mind [Outro] The fear is real The pain is real And I’m still here
