Wish I could go back, just to hold you near
Look in your eyes and say: You are strong, don't fear
Your life will change, I promise it's true
You carried the world, but hope carried you

You walked the road, though you lost your way
In the storm of a home with no light, no safe place
They made you believe you should never pray
The man of your dreams had to fade away

Too fragile, too wrong, they said with cold eyes
Be a man, shut it down, hide what's inside
But it was the truth, the soul that I am
Alive, pure, and tender, just a child back then

The light was there, but no one believed
Light in that boy? He will only bleed
Now in the mirror I see what remains
The spirit's burden and the child who took the pain

Thank you for holding on, though you felt so small
For keeping the fire burning through it all
Thank you for holding on
Today I promise, your future stands tall
And those people? Their karma paid it all
Thank you for holding on
The family you built, the love you adore
Now it's your true home
Thank you for holding on

My purpose now is clear, my voice is strong
To break the chains that carried pain too long
That child was not weak, between dark and light
Now I am the shelter where once was only night

They told you dreaming was a foolish lie
That to pray was a waste, to feel was to die
But still you kept faith, though judged and denied
And that's why I live why I'm still alive
Thanks to the child who learned to rise

Thank you for holding on, though you felt so small
For keeping the fire burning through it all
Thank you for holding on
Today I promise, your future stands tall
And those people? Their karma paid it all
Thank you for holding on
The family you built, the love you adore
Now it's your true home
Thank you for holding on

Thank you for holding on
Resisting when no one could see
Thank you for holding on
For keeping your heart alive inside of me
Now I am your reflection, whole and free
Thank you for holding on
And the child I was can finally breathe

The child I was
Can finally breathe