Stay

If all you do today is survive

Then you did it enough

I've been running on empty, still pushing the miles

Painting "I'm fine" on my face like a practiced smile

There's a war in my head and it won't stand down

But I'm still swinging back when it tries to take me out

Every shadow's got a voice, every voice has a knife

Trying to cut me loose from the rest of my life

But I've seen the sun rise after nights that wouldn't end

So tell me again why this has to be my end

I don't need a miracle, I don't need a cure

I just need one more minute to make it to the door

If you've got nothing left, then let this be the plan

Breathe in, breathe out, do it again

So I stay when it hurts like hell, when the ceiling caves in

I can't tell if I'm losing my mind or I'm finding my spine

I stay

I don't win every fight, I just don't let go

I keep a spark in the cold, I keep my feet below

If the night wants my name, it's gonna have to wait

'Cause I stay

Stay

Stay

Not today

I've been carrying ghosts like they're paying my dues

Like I owe every mistake an apology too

I've held my own heart like a loaded gun

Finger on the trigger when the dark says run

But the dark don't know about the things that I've built

About the people I love and the weight of that guilt

So I bite down harder when the pressure gets loud

And I stand up straight in the middle of the crowd

Yeah, I'm cracked, I'm tired, I'm shaking inside

But I'm done letting pain be the one that decides

I've crawled before, I'll crawl again

You don't have to be strong, you just have to begin

So I stay when it hurts like hell, when the ceiling caves in

I can't tell if I'm losing my mind or I'm finding my spine

I stay

I don't win every fight, I just don't let go

I keep a spark in the cold, I keep my feet below

If the night wants my name, it's gonna have to wait

'Cause I stay