STILL HERE

**STILL HERE** [Intro – Whispered / Atmospheric] Some days I wake up tired Before my feet touch the floor. Same four walls, same questions… How much more can I take? But I'm breathing. So I'm not done. [Verse 1 – Gritty Rock/Rap] I'm trapped inside the skin I wear, Fighting shadows everywhere, A thousand voices in my head, Telling me to stay in bed. Bills pile up, the cupboard's bare, Wondering if tomorrow's gonna care, Everybody says, “Just run the race,” I can't even find the starting place. I keep looking in that rearview glass, Counting every turn I've ever passed, Blaming every road that led me here, Every loss, every wasted year. But somewhere underneath the blame, I see my fingerprints on every frame, The bricks I carried, the walls I made, The choices and the debts I paid. [Pre-Chorus – Building] I don't have all the answers, I don't know where this goes, I'm just trying to keep on breathing While the whole damn world explodes. [Chorus – HUGE ROCK] **I'M STILL HERE!** Even when the night gets loud, **I'M STILL HERE!** Even when I can't see out. When the walls start closing in, When the dark says, “You can't win,” I'll take one more breath, I'll take one more step— **I'M STILL HERE!** Let the tears fall down, Let the whole world shake, I may bend, I may break, But I won't fade away. My dreams are calling through the fear— **I'M STILL HERE!** [Verse 2 – Rap/Rock] Roof leaks when the cold wind blows, Dirty dishes, piles of clothes, Laundry stacked beside the bed, Too damn tired to lift my head. Kids are crying, tempers rise, I'm swallowing words I don't recognize, Trying not to become the pain That somebody handed me again. Old ghosts scratching at the door, Dragging memories across the floor, Every failure knows my name, Every “what if” feeds the flame. I wear “failure” like a second skin, Wondering where I should've been, Don't know the answer, don't know the plan, Just trying to survive the best I can. [Pre-Chorus – Female Vocal] Maybe I'm not broken, Maybe I'm just bruised, Maybe all these battles Don't get to choose How my story ends, How far I can go— There's still a little fire Under all this smoke. [Chorus – HUGE] **I'M STILL HERE!** Even when the night gets loud, **I'M STILL HERE!** Even when I can't see out. When the walls start closing in, When the dark says, “You can't win,” I'll take one more breath, I'll take one more step— **I'M STILL HERE!** Let the tears fall down, Let the whole world shake, I may bend, I may break, But I won't fade away. My dreams are calling through the fear— **I'M STILL HERE!** [Verse 3 – Darker Rap / Half-Time Beat] Sometimes the bottle starts whispering, Promising silence from everything, Sometimes a little white door appears, Selling peace to a mind full of fears. Sometimes the cold reflection shines, And darkness starts rewriting lines, Sometimes forever sounds like rest When you've been fighting at your best. But that voice doesn't know my name, It only knows how to feed the pain. So I step back from the edge of night, And search for one more spark of light. I don't need to win today, I don't need to know the way, I just need another minute, Another reason to stay. [Instrumental Break – Guitar / Drums] [Bridge – Quiet → Explosive] If you're sitting in the dark tonight, With your curtains pulled down tight, If your mind won't let you sleep, And the road feels way too steep— You don't have to fix your whole life. You don't have to know the end. You don't have to carry everything To prove that you can stand. Put your feet upon the floor. Open up that battered door. Even if the step is small— **SMALL STEPS STILL MOVE YOU FORWARD!** [Breakdown – Rap] One breath! One step! One day! One fight! No perfect answers, No perfect life. I got cracks! I got scars! I got miles