LIVING [Intro: Spoken] If you’re listening… you made it. Maybe nobody ever told you this… You don’t have to survive every single day anymore. [Verse 1] This morning I parked without making a plan Walked in with my heart instead of my hands Didn’t count every face, didn’t study the room Didn’t expect every smile to spell my doom The world’s still loud, I ain’t saying it’s changed But I don’t have to carry yesterday’s pain Every stranger ain’t danger, every silence ain’t war Every closed door ain’t what I’m running from anymore [Pre-Chorus] I still remember… But I don’t have to live there. [Chorus] I’m learning how to live Not just make it through the night Learning peace don’t mean weakness Learning joy don’t start a fight I carried armor for so long It started feeling like my skin Now I’m laying down the weight… And letting life back in. [Verse 2] I wanna laugh till my stomach hurts Take a wrong turn just because it works Sit by the water with nowhere to be Finally meet the version of me… Who wasn’t afraid to dream out loud Who wasn’t always scanning crowds Who believed tomorrow could actually come Without another battle waiting on the sun [Bridge] The kid inside me never disappeared… She just got really… Really… Good at hiding. But she’s coming back. One smile. One song. One sunrise at a time. [Final Chorus] I’m learning how to live Without apologizing for my peace Without believing every blessing Ends the second that I breathe The world still has its shadows But they don’t own my name Survival wrote my story… Living… Will write the rest. [Outro: Spoken] To the version of me… That carried all this weight… Thank you. You got me here. I’ve got it from here.
