If you can't be brave, be stubborn
Stubborn still counts
I'm holdin' my breath in a hallway of doubts
Every door says leave, but I'm still in the house
I've been fightin' my shadow like it's not part of me
Tryna cut out the dark without losin' the bleed
I got bills in my pocket and rocks in my chest
A smile that I wear like a bulletproof vest
And I keep tellin' people, "Yeah, I'm good, I'm alright"
While I'm learnin' to survive in the middle of the night
So if I fall apart when nobody sees
Pull me back with somethin' as simple as breathe
Be my tether when the world turns cold
When my hands let go, but my heart won't fold
If I'm one bad thought from a runaway train
Hold me down, pull me through, call me back by name
I don't need forever, I just need the line (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Be my tether one more time
(Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't let go
I've been starin' at ceilings like they got the cure
Countin' cracks in the plaster, prayin' for sure
I've been drinkin' cheap comfort out of plastic cups
Tryna fill up a hole that don't fill up
And that voice in my head keeps sayin', "You're behind"
Like everybody else learned how to live just fine
But I've dragged my own body through storms I didn't choose
So tell me why I should lose to a mood
I don't need a lecture, I don't need a crown
I just need somethin' real when the lights go down (Oh)
Be my tether when the world turns cold
When my hands let go, but my heart won't fold
If I'm one bad thought from a runaway train
Hold me down, pull me through, call me back by name
I don't need forever, I just need the line (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Be my tether one more time
I'm not a headline, I'm not a statistic
I'm a heartbeat with teeth and I'm still in this
So take your worst night, stack it on my spine
I bent before, I didn't die
And if you're out there livin' minute to minute
If your chest feels tight and you're stuck inside it
Listen close, you are not your darkest day
You are the one still standin' in the wreckage sayin', "Stay"
Take somebody, drink water, step into the air
Put your hand on your heart, feel it still there
That's the drum, that's the proof, that's the fight in your bones
That's you tellin' the dark it can't take you home
I'm done lettin' fear be the author of me
Done lettin' pain write the end of my story (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Yeah
I might crawl, I might shake, I might scream, I might cry
But I'm not lettin' the bad night decide my life
Be my tether when the world turns cold
When my hands let go, but my heart won't fold
If I'm one bad thought from a runaway train
Hold me down, pull me through, call me back by name
I don't need forever, I just need the line (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Be my tether one more time
Be my tether, I'm still alive (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Breathe in, breathe out (Oh-oh-oh-oh)