Holding On

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.