I Don’t Fade

Yeah, yeah

Dust on my shoes, but I’m still on the road

Rain on the window, bus running late

I had ten coins and a head full of faith

Mama said, “Keep your name, keep your pace”

So I wrote every setback across a blank page

Cold morning coffee, cracked phone screen

Still chasing the picture that I saw in my dreams

They counted me out at the edge of the town

But roots hold tight when the leaves fall down

I bent, I broke, I learned to mend

Lost a few roads, found myself again

When the whole world says, “Let it go”

I hear that small voice saying, “No”

I don’t fade, I don’t fold

Still got fire in these bones

If the sky falls, let it fall

I’ll be standing through it all

One more step, one more day

Turn the dark into a way

They can try to dim my flame

But I don’t fade, I don’t fade

Old red sneakers by the front door wait

For another long walk and a chance to create

My friends on the corner, laughing at rain

We turn empty pockets into something that stays

I’ve seen bright signs close, I’ve seen good hearts leave

Seen a hard truth grow from a borrowed belief

Now every scar has a story to tell

I carry my past, but I don’t live there as well

I bent, I broke, I learned to mend

Lost a few roads, found myself again

When the whole world says, “Let it go”

I hear that small voice saying, “No”

I don’t fade, I don’t fold

Still got fire in these bones

If the sky falls, let it fall

I’ll be standing through it all

One more step, one more day

Turn the dark into a way

They can try to dim my flame

But I don’t fade, I don’t fade

Tell the doubt I’ve got no room

Tell the fear it came too soon

Every door that wouldn’t turn

Taught my hands how hard to work

From the dust, from the strain

I come back with a brighter name

I don’t fade, I don’t fold

Still got fire in these bones

If the sky falls, let it fall

I’ll be standing through it all

One more step, one more day

Turn the dark into a way

They can try to dim my flame

But I don’t fade, I don’t fade