Still Here

Album: The Cosmos and the Heart

I've counted every scar the long road left behind
The fires I walked through that I thought would break my mind
The years that cost me something I can never get back
The weight of every morning when the sky was still black

I'm not pretending that the damage isn't real
I know the price of every wound that hasn't had time to heal
But I'm standing where the ruins were and looking at the dawn
And I know what it means that I am still here — still carrying on

Not because it was easy
Not because I didn't bend
Not because the darkness lifted
But because I chose to not let it win

We are still here
After everything that tried to take us down
We are still here
With our roots dug deep in hard and holy ground
Not unbroken — just unbowed
Not untouched — just alive and loud
Through the fire and the fall and the long, hard years
We are still here

The stars still know this name I've carried through the dark
The ember that refused to die still burns inside my chest
Three million years of mornings chose to wake and face the cold
And every hand that reached for dawn was doing what it's told
Not by kings or gods or conquerors who came to claim the throne
But by something deeper — older — something written in the bone
The same blood that walked out of Eden, crossed the ice, stood in the rain
Still moves inside of us right now — still here — still lit with flame

Not because the road was gentle
Not because we didn't fall
Not because the weight was lighter
But because we rose above it all

We are still here
After everything that tried to take us down
We are still here
With our roots dug deep in hard and holy ground
Not unbroken — just unbowed
Not untouched — just alive and loud
Through the fire and the fall and the long, hard years
We are still here

I have stood at the edge of everything
Where the light gave out and the dark moved in
And I made my choice in that emptiness
Not to fall — but to rise again

This is not the hope of someone who hasn't bled
This is the hope of someone the world thought was dead
Who opened his eyes and chose the light
One more time — one more fight

We are still here
After everything that tried to take us down
We are still here
With our roots dug deep in hard and holy ground
Not unbroken — just unbowed
Not untouched — just alive and loud
Through the fire and the fall and the long, hard years
We are still here

Still here after the empires fell
Still here through the plague, through the fire, through hell
Still here when the night was forever long
Still here — still breathing — still standing strong
Still here