[Verse 1]
Hands shaking on the table
Name signed in a crooked line
Every word feels like a razor
Pressed right up to what is mine
I hear them talking in the hallway
Easy answers
Selfish plans
But this is carved into my marrow
It won’t fit in smaller hands
[Pre-Chorus]
I could play quiet
I could stay small
But I’ve been swallowing fire
Till it’s burning through the walls
[Chorus]
I will stand in the heavy
I won’t move
I won’t bend
If it breaks me already
I will break for it again
Every nerve
Every breath in my chest
Screaming this is all I’ve got left
I will stand in the heavy
I will stand
I will stand
[Verse 2]
They say
“Think about your future”
As if this isn’t what that means
As if comfort is a virtue
And not a slow-rope round your dreams
I see years laid out like dominoes
All collapsing if I kneel
If I let them cross this red line
Then I’m signing off what’s real
[Pre-Chorus]
I could play safe
Fade out
Disappear
But I’ve been living half-awake
And I’m done choking on my fear
[Chorus]
I will stand in the heavy
I won’t move
I won’t bend
If it breaks me already
I will break for it again
Every nerve
Every breath in my chest
Screaming this is all I’ve got left
I will stand in the heavy
I will stand
I will stand (yeah)
[Bridge]
Take my sleep
Take my name
You won’t touch
What you can’t tame
I’d rather lose
Every easy thing
Than live a life
I don’t believe in (oh)
[Chorus]
I will stand in the heavy
I won’t move
I won’t bend
If it breaks me already
I will break for it again
Every scar
Every tear that I’ve spent
Says I’m not done fighting yet
I will stand in the heavy
I will stand
I will stand
[Outro]
I will stand in the heavy
Even shaking
I’ll stand
If this is all that I carry
I’ll hold it in my hands (hey!)
I will stand in the heavy
I will stand
I will stand