Fighting Just to Stay

I'm not supposed to be here, the world made that clear when I was born

I had to fight for every breath, and since then I've been fighting evermore

Everything I love, it slips away, no matter how hard I try to hold it tight

Kindness, they say, should keep you safe, but mine just draws the cruelest bite

Still I rise and try again, with a smile I paint on this tired face

I give my heart to everyone, to strangers who forget my name

But when I fall, no arms reach out, no gentle voice to say I'm here

Love is something I give so freely, but never one to draw it near

It hurts to be so full of love, in a world that throws it all away

They pass me by, eyes turn to stone, even the ones who knew my name

I'm not asking much, just one warm hand to lift me from this breaking place

But every time I'm left behind, still fighting, fighting just to stay

They say don't speak like I'm the shame, a ghost they'd rather not recall

But I remember every smile I gave, and how they'd vanish when I'd fall

They call me selfish if I cry, so I bleed my soul in silent grace

While they sit and watch me break apart, and never once look at my face

I've built a life of giving, with nothing left for me

I've seen the world through wonders most can only dream to see

But behind my strength's a battlefield, my smile a brittle mask

I just want love without a price, is that too much to ask

It hurts to be so full of love, in a world that throws it all away

They pass me by, eyes turn to stone, even the ones who knew my name

I'm not asking much, just one warm hand to lift me from this breaking place

But every time I'm left behind, still fighting, fighting just to stay

I've got stories etched in pain and gold, of lives I've touched along the way

But I sit alone, with tears that fall, and still I stay

This world says I don't belong, but I scream into the rain

I will not go, I will not break, I'm fighting just to stay

Just to stay, just to stay, just to stay