“Still Here Tonight”

Verse 1]

I learned to smile when I wanted to cry,

Say “I’m okay” with a look in my eyes.

Everybody sees me standing tall,

Nobody knows I’m breaking at all.

I gave you pieces I couldn’t replace,

You left your shadow all over this place.

Now every memory cuts like a knife,

Funny how love can hurt more than goodbye.

And I keep telling myself I’ll be fine,

But healing takes more than just time.

I’m hurt, but I’m still breathing,

Lost, but I’m still dreaming.

You took a part of me when you walked away,

Left me with words I can’t forget to this day.

I’m tired of pretending these scars don’t show,

Tired of missing someone I had to let go.

Yeah, I’m hurt—

But maybe someday, I’ll learn to let it hurt less.

I hear your name and the room gets cold,

Like I’m seventeen again, scared and alone.

I wish I could hate you, maybe that’d be easy,

But my heart still remembers the way you believed me.

I blame myself for the things you did,

Carried your guilt like it was mine to live with.

But I’m starting to see through the tears in my eyes:

Sometimes surviving means saying goodbye.

And I keep telling myself I’ll be fine,

Even if I don’t believe it tonight.

I’m hurt, but I’m still breathing,

Lost, but I’m still dreaming.

You took a part of me when you walked away,

Left me with words I can’t forget to this day.

I’m tired of pretending these scars don’t show,

Tired of missing someone I had to let go.

Yeah, I’m hurt—

But maybe someday, I’ll learn to let it hurt less.

Maybe these tears are washing me clean,

Maybe the broken is becoming unseen.

Maybe the heart that you left in the dark

Will find its way back, piece by piece, spark by spark.

I don’t have to forget you

To finally choose me.

I don’t have to forgive you

To finally be free.

I’m hurt, but I’m still breathing,

Wounded, but still healing.

You took a part of me, but not everything,

There’s still a little hope underneath these broken wings.

I’m done pretending that I don’t feel a thing,

Done letting yesterday decide what tomorrow brings.

Yeah, I’m hurt—

But I’m still here.

And maybe that’s enough for tonight