You Are Still Standing

The clock-face aches on your shoulder

Steel hours taste like rain

You carry a whole small storm

Tied up behind your name

They ask for fire, you give gold

Even when the road turns thin

Still there’s a hidden river

Turning under your skin

Breathe in that quiet thunder

Let the dark unseal

Your tired hands are holy

Your scarlet heart is real

You are still standing

Still shining through

This heavy world

Could not break you

You are still standing

Still shining through

Every hard edge

Turns soft in you

At noon, the grind gets hungry

It bites at every dream

But you keep your light in motion

Like a thread inside the seam

When doubt wears a heavy face

You answer with a spark

And every little bruise you own

Becomes a map in the dark

Breathe in that quiet thunder

Let the dark unseal

Your tired hands are holy

Your scarlet heart is real

You are still standing

Still shining through

This heavy world

Could not break you

You are still standing

Still shining through

Every hard edge

Turns soft in you

When the whole sky feels like ash

And every road says stop

You turn that ache to amber

You turn the fall to drop

No crown, no crowd, no warning

Just that unshaken flame

The tired ones all feel it

When you speak their name

Ah, ah

Stay bright

Ah, ah

Stay bright

At evening, the room gets gentle

The noise begins to fade

You peel off all that pressure

Like winter from the shade

A little love comes easy

When your pulse is finally near

And the world that tried to harden you

Starts dissolving in the rear

Breathe in that quiet thunder

Let the dark unseal

Your tired hands are holy

Your scarlet heart is real

You are still standing

Still shining through

This heavy world

Could not break you

You are still standing

Still shining through

Every hard edge

Turns soft in you

On the usual day, the burden

Still knocks with dirty shoes

But you’ve got that ember language

That can turn a loss to hues

For every worker, every wanderer

Every soul in the tide

There’s a soft revolt inside you

And it’s rising from inside

You are still standing

Still shining through

This heavy world

Could not break you

You are still standing

Still shining through

Every hard edge

Turns soft in you

You are still standing

Still shining through

Every wound you’ve earned

Becomes a view

You are still standing

Still shining through

And all that you are

Is coming true

Ah, ah

Stay bright

Ah, ah

Still shining through