If all you do today is survive
Then you did enough
I've been runnin' on empty, still pushin' the miles
Paintin' "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 swingin' back when it tries to take me out
Every shadow's got a voice, every voice has a knife
Tryna 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 got nothin' left, then let this be the plan
Breathe in, breathe in, do it again
So I stay when it hurts like hell
When the ceilin' caves and I can't tell
If I'm losin' my mind or I'm findin' my spine
I stay
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 carryin' ghosts like they're payin' 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 shakin' inside
But I'm done lettin' 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 ceilin' caves and I can't tell
If I'm losin' my mind or I'm findin' my spine
I stay
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
Take your best shot
I've bled before
I'm still here
I'm not yours
And if you're out there countin' reasons to quit
If your hands are shakin' and you're sick of this
Listen close, you are not the storm in your head
You're the one still standin' when the storm thinks you're dead
So call it stubborn, call it pride, call it rage
Call it love for tomorrow that you can't explain
But don't you let a bad night write the rest of your life
Hold the line, hold the line, hold the line
So I stay when it hurts like hell
When the ceilin' caves and I can't tell
If I'm losin' my mind or I'm findin' my spine
I stay
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
I stay
Breathe in
Breathe out
Stay
Stay