Still Trying

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Prompt / Lyrics
(Intro)(drk)(pad)(808)
Yeah…
Still here.

(V1)(talk)(lo)
I wake up heavy to the same damn ceiling
Same old ghosts got somethin’ to say
Every promise I ever believed in
Feels one bill from slippin’ away

I got love I don’t know how to hold
Dreams I can’t afford to chase
Every time I start climbin’ out the hole
Life puts a boot back on my face

(Pre)(low)
I swear I mean it when I say I’ll change
I just don’t know where to start
I keep runnin’ from the pain
While it’s livin’ in my heart

(Ch)(big)(mel)
I’m still tryin’, even when I’m breakin’
Still breathin’, even when I’m numb
I keep reachin’, even when it’s shakin’
Every time I get up, I get cut back down

I ain’t proud of the nights I disappear
Or the ways I try to drown the sound
But if quittin’ was easy, I’d be gone by now
Yeah I’m still tryin’ — that’s gotta count

(V2)(talk)(mid)
Man in the mirror, don’t recognize him
Feels like the version I was got lost
Got fire in me but I keep denyin’
Light it up just to watch it burn off

I know there’s people still believin’
Even when I don’t believe myself
That kinda weight’ll drop a man to his knees
When he’s scared he’ll let everybody else down

(Pre)(low)
I don’t need savin’, I need a break
From fightin’ myself every day
I don’t need heaven, I need some grace
Just enough to make it through today

(Ch)(big)(mel)
I’m still tryin’, even when I’m breakin’
Still breathin’, even when I’m numb
I keep reachin’, even when it’s shakin’
Every time I get up, I get cut back down

I ain’t proud of the nights I disappear
Or the ways I try to drown the sound
But if quittin’ was easy, I’d be gone by now
Yeah I’m still tryin’ — that’s gotta count

(Bridge)(drop)(raw)
Maybe tomorrow I’m stronger
Maybe tonight I survive
Maybe progress don’t look like winnin’
Maybe it looks like stayin’ alive

(Last Ch)(half)(rise)
I’m still tryin’… hear me say it
Still here, still holdin’ on
I don’t need a miracle or a savior
Just one good reason to see the dawn

(Outro)(soft)
Still tryin’.