[Verse 1] I say “I'm fine” before they finish asking Same two words I've learned to say on cue Cold water red eyes in the mirror Another morning I somehow make it through Keys in my hand phone already ringing There's always somewhere I'm supposed to be So I straighten my back and walk out the door Before the silence gets a chance to speak [Pre-Chorus] Keep moving Keep breathing Don't give the cracks a name If nobody sees them Maybe nothing has changed [Chorus] I'm still standing But don't mistake that for okay You can hold a body upright while everything inside gives way I'm still working still answering still showing up each day But standing isn't living It's just not falling where they can see [Verse 2] I've learned how to laugh at exactly the right moment How to make a room believe I'm doing well People call it strength because I keep on going They don't know how close I live to hell No broken glass No screaming in the hallway No dramatic ending no visible disease Just a man getting better every year at hiding what he doesn't want you to see [Pre-Chorus] Keep moving Keep breathing Give them nothing to explain If I can still carry it They can still call me sane [Chorus] I'm still standing But don't mistake that for okay You can hold a body upright while everything inside gives way I'm still working still answering still showing up each day But standing isn't living It's just not falling where they can see [Bridge] How long can you call a man strong just because he hasn't hit the floor? How much can disappear inside him before he's not that man anymore? Maybe breaking isn't one bad night Maybe collapse doesn't make a sound Maybe it's waking up year after year and learning to call the weight normal [Break] I'm tired of being proud that I can take it [Final Chorus] I'm still standing And now I'm scared of what that means How much of me has disappeared just keeping everything on its feet? I'm still working still answering still giving them what they need But standing isn't living And surviving isn't proof that I'm free [Outro] Tomorrow morning I'll probably get up again That's what I do That's what I've always done But tonight for the first time I don't want anyone to call that strength.
