**Title: “Still Here”** **Verse 1** The mirror holds a hundred scars I never meant to write A battlefield of stories I survived each sleepless night I used to trace the cutting lines, like roads to disappear Whispered prayers to empty rooms, wishing I weren’t here **Pre-Chorus** But the darkness isn’t all I am There’s a heartbeat underneath my hands **Chorus** I’m still here, I’m still breathing Even when the ache is all I’m feeling I’ve been close to letting go Standing on the edge alone But every tear that hit the floor Built a bridge, not just a door I’m not okay, but I’m still fighting In this storm, my soul’s still writing I’m still here **Verse 2** The nights I wrote my goodbye notes and tore them into two The times I thought the world was done with anything I do I wore my pain like armor, thought that no one saw me bleed But every crack that’s in my heart is where the light got in to see **Pre-Chorus** If I’m broken, I can bend, not break I can learn to breathe through all this ache **Chorus** I’m still here, I’m still breathing Even when the ache is all I’m feeling I’ve been close to letting go Standing on the edge alone But every tear that hit the floor Built a bridge, not just a door I’m not okay, but I’m still fighting In this storm, my soul’s still writing I’m still here **Bridge** There were nights I swore I’d fade away But the sun still rose on one more day Every time I almost said goodbye Something small kept pulling me to try A stranger’s smile, a song on late-night radio One soft “you’re not alone” I never thought I’d know If I can stay one more minute, I can stay another hour I’m not useless, I’m not hopeless, I’m a seed that’s finding power **Breakdown** Put down the blade, unclench your fists You are more than all of this Every scar you think is shame Spells out letters of your name **Chorus** I’m still here, I’m still breathing Even when the ache is all I’m feeling I’ve been close to letting go Standing on the edge alone But every tear that hit the floor Built a bridge, not just a door I’m not okay, but I’m still fighting In this storm, my soul’s still writing I’m still here **Outro** I don’t have to have it all defined To stay one step ahead of my own mind If I wake to see the morning light That alone means I survived the night I’m still here, I’m still here And that’s enough to keep me near I’m still here