[Verse 1] I know what the dark looks like I know the sound of a room when it goes quiet I know the weight of a body that’s begging for peace And the war that nobody else can see I know the faces of the fire The hands that reached out, the ones that held the lighter I know the things this world can take The names, the trust, the pieces you can’t replace I have watched the good get buried I have watched the innocent carry what they didn’t deserve I have seen people become ghosts Just trying to survive being hurt But then… [Pre-Chorus] There were people who stayed When staying was the hardest thing to do People who looked at all my broken pieces And didn’t run from the truth [Chorus] I witnessed you When I couldn’t find a reason to stay When my voice disappeared And I had nothing left to say I witnessed you When you carried your own storms too And somehow still found the strength To carry me through You gave me a place when I had nowhere to go You gave me a hand when I was losing my soul You taught me love wasn’t something I had to earn You taught me some things don’t have to hurt So if I give everything I have If I fight until there’s nothing left to prove It’s because I witnessed you [Verse 2] I witnessed the people nobody notices The ones who save lives without ever being called heroes The ones who wake up every morning Still choosing kindness after what they’ve been through I witnessed the ones who forgave Not because the damage didn’t matter But because they refused to let someone else’s cruelty Decide who they became after I witnessed laughter return Slowly, like sunlight through broken glass I witnessed someone teach me That maybe my best days weren’t in my past [Pre-Chorus] You didn’t fix me You never had to You just sat beside me Until I remembered I was worth fighting for too [Chorus] I witnessed you When I was nothing but a scream in the dark When I was on the floor Trying to find where I lost my heart I witnessed you When you loved me without asking why When you saw the person underneath Everything I was trying to hide You gave me hope when I had none left to hold You gave me warmth when my world went cold You reminded me that surviving isn’t the end Sometimes it’s where we begin again So if I give everything I have If I burn brighter than I ever knew It’s because I witnessed you [Bridge] And maybe this world is ugly Maybe it always has been Maybe there are things we carry That should have never been ours to begin But I have seen miracles And they didn’t look like heaven opening wide They looked like a stranger opening a door They looked like someone sitting by my side They looked like forgiveness They looked like patience They looked like someone saying: “You don’t have to do this alone.” [Final Chorus] I witnessed you And now I know what love can be Not a promise without action Not words that disappear when it gets hard to see I witnessed you So I swear this much is true Every ounce of fight inside me Every dream I still pursue Every song that I write Every hand that I reach Every life that I try to touch Every impossible thing I believe I give my thousand percent Because someone once gave theirs to me I will keep going Because I witnessed you [Outro] To the ones who held me When I couldn’t hold myself To the ones who stayed When leaving would have been easier To the ones who reminded me That life could still be beautiful I see you. I witnessed you.
