[Verse 1 - hushed, intimate, almost spoken] The stairs look taller when the pain comes in Like mountains built inside my skin The house is quiet, the kids are asleep And I'm counting all the things I used to be I had a plan to make it down But my body said, "Not right now" So I pulled the covers to my chin And let the night come wandering in [Pre-Chorus - soft, steady] I'm not giving up I'm just lying still Some days surviving Takes all my will [Chorus - warm, reassuring, not big] I'm not gone I'm just tired I'm not lost Just walking through fire The now is hard But it won't own me I'm still here Even when I'm lonely So I'll stay put tonight Let the small light shine Take one breath Then another in time I'm not gone I'm not gone I'm still here Holding on [Verse 2 - tender, fragile] There's water on the table if I reach just right Medication waiting in the low lamplight A little gray cat came to clock in late Like, "I'll sit right here while you carry this weight" And my daughter checks on me when she can Too young to have such gentle hands But love comes soft in quiet ways A snack, a cup, a whispered name [Pre-Chorus - soft] I'm not useless here I'm just worn clear through I still have love Even when I can't move [Chorus - warm, a little fuller] I'm not gone I'm just tired I'm not lost Just walking through fire The now is hard But it won't own me I'm still here Even when I'm lonely So I'll stay put tonight Let the small light shine Take one breath Then another in time I'm not gone I'm not gone I'm still here Holding on [Bridge - building gently, then hushed and reverent] Hope is not loud Hope doesn't shout Sometimes it's medicine Trying to work itself out Sometimes it's fur Pressed into your side Sometimes it's God Sitting close in the night Sometimes it's me With nothing to prove Learning that being alive Is enough to do [Final Chorus - tender, full of warmth] I'm not gone I'm just healing I'm not numb I'm still feeling The now is hard But it won't own me I'm still here Even when I'm lonely So I'll stay put tonight Let the small light shine Take one breath Then another in time I'm not gone I'm not gone I'm still here Holding on [Outro - whispered, fading, just voice and one sustained chord] Stay put tonight Small light, small light I'm still here I'm still here Stay put tonight Small light, small light Tomorrow may meet me kind
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