[Verse 1] I carry ash in my pocket from the things I should have burned names folded into receipts and a key that never turned I said I was over it but my hands tell the truth they shake when the phone goes quiet they tremble at the proof There’s a stain on the table where the whole winter sat one cracked mug, one hard chair and a silence after that I learned how to smile in public how to keep my voice low how to nod like a man with a map when I don’t even know [Pre-Chorus] So I count my steps like a way back home I count my breaths so I don’t walk alone [Chorus] I’m still here I’m still here (Still here) Barefoot, bruised, and clear I’m still here I’m still here (Still here) And I’m learning how to stay [Verse 2] My mother kept winter in drawers with spare socks and strings a photo with the corners bent and a box of broken things My father used to laugh too loud like he could scare the dark now I hear him in my own throat when I miss my mark I have loved with both hands open I have lost with both hands full I have stood in the middle of goodbye and called it beautiful There were days I wore my failure like a coat too thin still, I walked through every doorway and let the morning in [Pre-Chorus] So I count my steps like a way back home I count my breaths so I don’t walk alone [Chorus] I’m still here I’m still here (Still here) Barefoot, bruised, and clear I’m still here I’m still here (Still here) And I’m learning how to stay [Bridge] If you find me in the wreckage don’t call it a loss I built a bridge from what I broke and I crossed I kept the scar I kept the lesson I kept the part of me that kept confession [Final Chorus] I’m still here I’m still here (Still here) Barefoot, bruised, and clear I’m still here I’m still here (Still here) And I’m learning how to stay I’m still here I’m still here (Still here) Ash in my pocket, light in my name
