RIBCAGE Verse 1 There’s a dent in the drywall From the winter I disappeared. A stain on the carpet, A hundred thousand dollars worth of tears. My mother learned to sleep light, Every phone call sounded like bad news. My father wore exhaustion Like a second white coat he couldn’t lose. And everybody talks about recovery Like it’s a finish line you cross— Nobody talks about standing in the kitchen Trying not to become what it cost. Pre-Chorus Some nights I still wake up With the devil halfway through the door. Not because I want him anymore— Just because he knows where I live. Chorus And shadows still knock on my ribcage, Ribcage. Please, love me through another night, Hold me through another night— The wolves still circle when it rains. The forest isn’t gone, It’s just farther away. If you can love me through another night, Stay until the morning light— I know I don’t look like a miracle. I know survival ain’t pretty to watch. But I’m here. And God, that’s enough some days. I’m here. Still here. Verse 2 The guilt sits deeper Than any needle ever could. Lives in the silence Between “I’m sorry” And “I understood.” There’s bridges I burned That won’t grow back in this lifetime. People I loved Who only met me in wartime. And sometimes showering feels Like carrying a piano upstairs. Sometimes getting dressed Still feels harder than anybody hears. But then somebody laughs At something stupid over coffee. And for a second The future doesn’t terrify me. Pre-Chorus Funny how healing arrives— Not as fireworks. Just ordinary afternoons You never thought you’d live to see. Chorus And shadows still knock on my ribcage, Ribcage. Please, love me through another night, Hold me through another night— The wolves still circle when it rains. The forest isn’t gone, It’s just farther away. If you can love me through another night, Stay until the morning light— I know I don’t look like a miracle. I know survival ain’t pretty to watch. But I’m here. And God, that’s enough some days. I’m here. Still here. Bridge Addiction is a war. Nobody leaves with clean hands. Nobody walks out unchanged. You lose years. You lose faces. You lose pieces of yourself You’ll spend the rest of your life learning to grieve. The darkness doesn’t die. It just stops driving. It rides shotgun now. Quiet. Smaller. Still there. But no longer holding the wheel. And when I look beside me— Somehow your hand is still finding mine. After everything. After all of it. You still hold my hand. Final Chorus And shadows still knock on my ribcage, Ribcage. Please, love me through another night, Hold me through another night— The wolves still circle when it rains. The forest isn’t gone, It’s just farther away. And if you love me through another night, Stay until the morning light— I know I don’t look like a miracle. I know survival ain’t pretty to watch. But somehow After every slammed door. Every lie. Every goodbye. Every reason you should’ve let go— Your hands still find mine. Your hand is still finding mine. And I’m here. Still here. Outro The wolves still howl. The woods still exist. The scars still ache. But tonight the house is quiet. Nobody’s searching. Nobody’s saying goodbye. And for the first time in a long time, That feels enough. I’m here. Still here.
0/500