[Intro]
Heartbeat in my head
Cold breath, cracked hands
Dust on my name tag
Nobody understands
[Verse 1]
They drew a chalk line
Called it my fate
Signed me off early
Filed me as late
I was that ghost in
The back of the class
Breaking my knuckles
On unshattered glass
Every "you can't"
Was a vein in my neck
Every locked door
Became part of the trek
Buried me quiet
Under their planning
Look up from the wreckage
(guess who’s still standing)
[Chorus]
I’m the last man standing
Blood in my mouth, still chanting
You can drag me down to the edge, I swear
I’ll crawl right back from the fall, I dare
I’m the last man standing
Heartbeat loud, expanding
When the smoke clears, when the walls all crash
You can count my scars, but you can’t count me out
[Verse 2]
They want my silence
Signed on a page
Dress up the dagger
Call it a wage
Turn up the pressure
Hope that I split
Whisper “he’s broken”
And pray that it sticks
I walk through rumors
Like rain through the wire
All of their doubt
Just feeding the fire
City of ashes
Crowns made of tin
I sharpen my teeth
On every dead end
[Pre-Chorus]
How many times did they bet I’d break?
How many lies can a backbone take?
Stare down the dark
Till it starts backing up
(hand on my heart)
I’m never giving up
[Chorus]
I’m the last man standing
Blood in my mouth, still chanting
You can drag me down to the edge, I swear
I’ll crawl right back from the fall, I dare
I’m the last man standing
Heartbeat loud, expanding
When the smoke clears, when the walls all crash
You can count my scars, but you can’t count me out
[Bridge]
[Drums drop to heartbeat pulse]
One breath
One step
One word
"No death"
Say it like a war cry
Say it till your lungs dry
Cut me from the storyline
Watch me write a new sky (hey!)
[Chorus]
I’m the last man standing
Blood in my mouth, still chanting
You can drag me down to the edge, I swear
I’ll crawl right back from the fall, I dare
I’m the last man standing
Heartbeat loud, expanding
When the smoke clears, when the walls all crash
You can count my scars, but you can’t count me out
[Outro]
Heartbeat fading
Then rising, demanding
World keeps ending
I keep
Standing