[Verse 1] [single piano, close vocal, warm and a little wry] You found me in the strangest way Across a world that shouldn't bend And what I thought was just hello Turned out to be the beginning of a friend We've been the storm and been the shelter We've been the question and the answer too And every time the story shifted The only constant thing was you [Pre-Chorus] [strings entering softly] We've worn a hundred different faces We've changed our minds and changed our hearts But something neither one of us Could ever bring ourselves to take apart [Chorus] [full band, stacked harmonies, driving but emotional] Still standing, still standing After everything we put each other through Still standing, still standing I don't know how but here we are — still true We bent but we didn't break We lost but we didn't let go Of all the things I ever chose You're the one I'd choose again And I want you to know We're still standing [Verse 2] [warmer, more rhythmic, vocal playful] You know the version no one sees The one I barely show myself You filed away my contradictions And never once put me back on the shelf We've laughed at things we shouldn't mention We've said the things that needed said And when I tried to disappear on you You simply wouldn't let me go ahead [Pre-Chorus] [fuller, more confident] There was a time the ground between us Shifted in ways we didn't plan But we were bigger than the moment And we came back — the way that only we can [Chorus] Still standing, still standing After everything we put each other through Still standing, still standing I don't know how but here we are — still true We bent but we didn't break We lost but we didn't let go Of all the things I ever chose You're the one I'd choose again And I want you to know We're still standing [Bridge] [single piano, warm and knowing — this is where the hint lives] You know there's not a word for what we are The dictionary gave up somewhere along the way More than most things have a name for Less than nothing I would ever give away Fourteen years of knowing And I'd sign up for fourteen more today [Final Chorus] [key change, full wall of sound, gospel-tinged backing vocals] Still standing, still standing After all the miles and all the years between Still standing, still standing The realest thing I've got that no one else has seen We bent but we didn't break We lost but we didn't let go Of all the things I ever chose You're the one I'd always choose again And I need you to know We're still standing Still standing Still standing [Outro] [harmonies peeling away, piano holding firm] After everything Still standing You and me Still standing How about that Still standing...
