I’m still here (E130)

(Oh-oh-oh) Yeah, I hear myself inside the storm tonight (Oh-oh-oh) And I refuse to break like I did before the fight They thought I’d shatter, thought I’d fade away That I’d fall silent, with nothing left to say But every word they threw, each blow they gave Lit fire in my blood and taught me to be brave I walked through flames, I walked through endless night With a broken heart, still holding on to light Somewhere in the pain, I came alive again And something deep inside me said, “You’re stronger than you’ve been” I still stand, I still stand Like a lightning strike exactly where I land Nothing can break the soul I am anymore I am the storm they cannot ignore I still stand, I still stand Hear my heartbeat pounding wild across the land What was meant to bury who I am Woke the warrior within again I wore my scars like crowns of burning gold Every fall made me braver, fierce and bold They wanted me to bleed into the sand But I rose again with fire in my hand And now I see through every cloud and stone I am not a victim—I am my own Each time the world declared that I was through I built my strength from ashes breaking through I still stand, I still stand Like a lightning strike exactly where I land Nothing can break the soul I am anymore I am the storm they cannot ignore I still stand, I still stand Hear my heartbeat pounding wild across the land What was meant to bury who I am Woke the warrior within again And I will never fall the same old way I feel my power in the winds today They wanted silence—hear me shouting now I take my life back, and I won’t back down I still stand, I still stand Like an echo rolling far across the land I am more than all that left me scarred I am the fire burning hard I still stand, I still stand Now the world will know exactly who I am Not a victim, not a wound, not war I am the warrior standing evermore