Still Here, Still Singing

(Warm, gritty female alto.

Verses intimate and bluesy.

Chorus like a small church rising together.

Let some lines drag behind the beat.

Feel testimony, not performance.)

I’ve been walking through the fire

With my hands wide open

Trying to love when I didn’t know how

I been down to the bottom

Of my own broken

But grace came knocking

And I hear it now

I don’t hide from the truth no more

I don’t turn from the light

Every tear I cried in the dark

Led me here tonight

I’m still here, still singing

With dust on my bare feet and hope on my skin

I been lost, I been breaking

But I keep finding my way back again

Yeah I’m still here, still singing

When the whole world says “give in”

I’m still here, still singing

And I’ll find my way back again

I was scared of the quiet

Scared of the noise

Tried to be the strong one

Tried to behave

Now I’m falling in love

With the sound of my own voice

Learning how to stand

After crawling so long in the rain

I don’t need to be perfect

Just honest and alive

Every shaky little heartbeat

Means I survived

I’m still here, still singing

With dust on my bare feet and hope on my skin

I been lost, I been breaking

But I keep finding my way back again

Yeah I’m still here, still singing

When the whole world says “give in”

I’m still here, still singing

And I’ll find my way back again

There were nights I didn’t know

If I’d ever be okay

But mercy kept calling my name

From the other side of the pain

I don’t need a perfect tomorrow

I just need today

I’m still standing in the light

I’m still finding my way

I’m still here (still here), still singing (still singing)

With dust on my bare feet and hope on my skin

I been lost (been lost), I been breaking (been breaking)

But I keep finding my way back again

Yeah I’m still here, still singing

Still breathing, still believing in

I’m still here, still singing

Gonna find my way back again

Yeah I’m still here, still singing

Through the dark, through the wind

I’m still here, still singing

And I’ll find my way back again