[STILL HOLDING ON] [INTRO] I thought if I spoke The world would change I thought if I reached Someone would stay Maybe I was wrong About some of that But not all of it [VERSE 1] I spent years behind a screen Words without a face Learning how to disappear Without leaving any trace Building little lanterns In corners of the dark Trying to tell strangers They’re more than their scars Believe in yourself Fear does not own you Take one step forward Even when you shake [PRE-CHORUS] I believed it then I believe it now [CHORUS] I AM STILL HOLDING ON EVEN NOW EVEN AFTER EVEN WHEN I DON’T KNOW HOW I AM STILL HOLDING ON WITH OPEN HANDS WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS I DON’T UNDERSTAND [VERSE 2] The silence used to shelter me A fortress made of air Nothing could reject me If I was never really there Then one word became a message One message became a song One song became a promise That fear could be outgrown And for a while I thought that was enough [CHORUS] I AM STILL HOLDING ON EVEN NOW EVEN AFTER EVEN WHEN IT HURTS SOMEHOW I AM STILL HOLDING ON NOT BECAUSE I’M STRONG BECAUSE TOMORROW’S COMING AND I’M STILL MOVING ON [PIANO INTERLUDE] [BRIDGE] I thought courage was a key Something that unlocked the world A simple answer A simple truth Speak Reach Trust Believe I didn’t understand Courage is not a key It’s a door And doors only open They don’t choose People do [VERSE 3] So now I sit beside the silence The kind that has a name The kind that leaves an empty chair And never feels the same And I could build another wall Hide behind another screen Pretend none of this mattered Pretend I never dreamed But that would make the fear correct And I’m not giving it that [BUILD] Fear is the mind-killer Fear is the mind-killer Fear is the mind-killer But fear is still here So am I [FINAL CHORUS] I AM STILL HOLDING ON I AM STILL REACHING I AM STILL SINGING FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT I AM STILL HOLDING ON WITH OPEN HANDS WITH ALL THE HEARTACHE WITH ALL THE CHANCE I AM STILL HOLDING ON TO HOPE TO TRUST TO LOVE TO US I AM STILL HOLDING ON NOT BECAUSE IT’S EASY BECAUSE IT MATTERS [OUTRO] Maybe every hand won’t take yours Maybe every story won’t stay Maybe every signal gets lost Maybe every promise fades But that doesn’t make it meaningless The signal was real The moment was real The person was real That is enough I am still holding on I am still reaching And I always will
