I've been walking on live embers With a blueprint drawn in sand Every scar became a compass Every fall, a steady hand They told me: Wait until you're ready The summit's not for you to keep But I learned that fear is paper-thin When you step into the deep Yeah, I've been trembling, bones aching But my compass points the way When the world just whispers surrender My own blood starts to scream: Stay I fall, I rise, I try again No hollow prayer, no empty pen Even when the dawn feels wrong I relearn my own heartbeat's song I chase the dawn with borrowed light Through the chaos, through the night I bend, I crack, but I won't end I'm still standing in the end Standing in the end Every no just fed the hunger Every loss fanned up the spark I'm not running from the thunder I'm learning how to own the dark I've been dancing with my shadow Doubting every move I make But I found rhythm in the chaos In the promises I didn't break I've been carved down to the marrow By the grinding wheel of doubt But I learned that faith is mortar You must mix and build it out I fall, I rise, I try again No hollow prayer, no empty pen Even when the dawn feels wrong I relearn my own heartbeat's song I chase the dawn with borrowed light Through the chaos, through the night I bend, I crack, but I won't end I'm still standing in the end I'm still standing in the end If I'm bleeding, let it be ink If I'm scared, I'll name the fear Every inch, however slight Is a victory bought right here? I won't wait for calmer weather I won't wait for a softer sign I'll build ladders from my fractures One defiant breath at a time I won't die I fall, I rise, I try again I'll give my all, beyond the end This is more than just survival This is waking from the trial I chase the dawn, I hold my scars Turn every cage to scattered stars No matter how hard, no matter when I'm still standing, still standing I'm not fearless, I'm a river Carving out the me to be And the current never falters I'm still standing Finally