Still Standing

I've been walking on live embers
With a blueprint drawn in sand
Every scar became a compass
Every fall, a steady hand
They told me: Wait until you're ready
The summit's not for you to keep
But I learned that fear is paper-thin
When you step into the deep

Yeah, I've been trembling, bones aching
But my compass points the way
When the world just whispers surrender
My own blood starts to scream: Stay

I fall, I rise, I try again
No hollow prayer, no empty pen
Even when the dawn feels wrong
I relearn my own heartbeat's song
I chase the dawn with borrowed light
Through the chaos, through the night
I bend, I crack, but I won't end
I'm still standing in the end
Standing in the end

Every no just fed the hunger
Every loss fanned up the spark
I'm not running from the thunder
I'm learning how to own the dark
I've been dancing with my shadow
Doubting every move I make
But I found rhythm in the chaos
In the promises I didn't break

I've been carved down to the marrow
By the grinding wheel of doubt
But I learned that faith is mortar
You must mix and build it out

I fall, I rise, I try again
No hollow prayer, no empty pen
Even when the dawn feels wrong
I relearn my own heartbeat's song
I chase the dawn with borrowed light
Through the chaos, through the night
I bend, I crack, but I won't end
I'm still standing in the end
I'm still standing in the end

If I'm bleeding, let it be ink
If I'm scared, I'll name the fear
Every inch, however slight
Is a victory bought right here?
I won't wait for calmer weather
I won't wait for a softer sign
I'll build ladders from my fractures
One defiant breath at a time
I won't die

I fall, I rise, I try again
I'll give my all, beyond the end
This is more than just survival
This is waking from the trial
I chase the dawn, I hold my scars
Turn every cage to scattered stars
No matter how hard, no matter when
I'm still standing, still standing

I'm not fearless, I'm a river
Carving out the me to be
And the current never falters
I'm still standing
Finally