[Verse 1] I count the cost in rooms I’d have to leave, In names I’d disappoint to make a change. The ground gives way beneath the plans I keep; A sinkhole opens where I’d stake my name. [Pre-Chorus] I don’t need a clean escape, I need one step I can still take. [Chorus] I’m not leaping over the whole divide, I’ll find the firm edge, test it, then decide. When the earth gives out, I won’t call it fate; I can want a life and still move at my own pace. One small reach, one honest try— I’m still here; I’m still alive. [Verse 2] The thing I want keeps calling from the far side, While every road there seems to take too much. I name the fear; I let it stand beside me. It isn’t proof that I should give it up. [Chorus] I’m not leaping over the whole divide, I’ll find the firm edge, test it, then decide. When the earth gives out, I won’t call it fate; I can want a life and still move at my own pace. One small reach, one honest try— I’m still here; I’m still alive. [Half-Time Breakdown] If all I have is one good inch, I’ll hold that inch. I won’t let go. The sinkhole widens; I stay deliberate. I don’t have to solve it all to grow. [Final Chorus] I’m not leaping over the whole divide, I’ll find the firm edge, test it, then decide. When the earth gives out, I’ll choose my way; I can want a life and take it day by day. One small reach, one honest try— I’m still here. I’m still alive. [Outro] Still here, still alive. One step, then the next. [Composed instrumental cadence, resolved ending]
