Intro Verse 1 I've been quiet in the corners where the noise forgot to go Tending something small and stubborn that the world will never know Not a torch, not a testimony not a thing I need to prove Just a flame that keeps on asking what does staying ask of you? Chorus This is the light that stays not the one that blazes high This is the light that stays in the middle of the why When hope feels like a rumor and the dark has learned your name I am still here I am still here I am the quiet flame Verse 2 I have burned through my undoing I have flickered, I have bent I have wondered if the darkness was the message that was sent But a candle doesn't argue with the wind that tests its will It just burns where it burns and the burning is the proof that it's alive still Chorus This is the light that stays not the one that blazes high This is the light that stays in the middle of the why When hope feels like a rumor and the dark has learned your name I am still here I am still here I am the quiet flame Bridge (bare, no accompaniment) So I light the candle anyway I open the notebook anyway I show up to the page like it's the only place that still believes I have something worth saying And maybe that's enough Maybe that's everything Instrumental Outro Carry it gently it doesn't need to be seen Just burning just breathing just being The quiet flame
