Where I Stand Now

Intro

I was told there was a reason—

Every breath and every scar

Like someone out there held the answers

For the questions in my heart

I believed it like a child does

Never stopped to wonder why

Held tighter to the story

Every time I felt the lie

Verse 1

They gave me fear before forgiveness

Gave me rules before a name

Said the truth was fragile glass

That would shatter under shame

So I buried all my questions

Learned to play the part

Built a life on borrowed faith

And called it from the heart

Pre-Chorus

But the whole thing came apart

Like a floor that wasn’t there

I had spent my life believing

In a dream built on the air

When it broke I had no language

For the fall I’m falling through

No ground beneath my feet—

Nothing left to hold onto

Chorus

I KNOW where I stand now!

I can feel it in my bones

I know where I stand now

Right here in the real

I KNOW where I stand now!

In the breath and the breaking

I know where I stand now

In the things I can feel

Verse 2

Everything went quiet

But not the peace they always sold

Just the kind that leaves you staring

At the weight of growing old

Every moment felt like slipping

Like the world just didn’t care

If I faded in the distance

Would it matter I was there?

Pre-Chorus

I held onto you like gravity

Like the only thing that’s real

Not a question or a maybe

Just a love I could feel

You were there to help me stand up

You were there when I was through

Always there beside me—

And somehow I made it through

Chorus

I KNOW where I stand now!

I can feel it in my bones

I know where I stand now

Right here in the real

I KNOW where I stand now!

In the breath and the breaking

I know where I stand now

In the things I can feel

Bridge

Maybe nothing waits beyond this

Maybe everything just fades

Maybe all we are is moments

We were lucky just to make

But I hear it in the wind outside

See it in a child’s eyes

Every second feels like something

I don’t have to justify

It’s the rhythm of the ocean

It’s the breathing of the trees

It’s the way the world keeps moving

Even when I’m on my knees!

Final Chorus

I KNOW where I stand now!

Not where I was back then

I know where I stand now

Just the life that I’m in

I KNOW where I stand now!

With the ones that I love

I know where I stand now

And this moment’s enough

Outro

I don’t need to know forever

I don’t need to understand

I just need the ones I love

And the time we have at hand

No more waiting for a reason

No more reaching out for signs

I can feel it in this moment—

This time is mine