INTRO – spoken, slowly]

INTRO – spoken, slowly] Yeah… They never saw the pain. They never heard the battles. They only saw me fall… But they never saw me get back up. This is my story. [VERSE 1 – start strong] I wore a thousand scars that nobody could see, Had a war inside my head while they judged what I'd be. I turned my darkest nights into fuel for the flame, They remember all my losses, now they'll remember my name. I was down on my knees, still refused to surrender, Had a heart full of fire underneath all that pressure. If you knew what I survived, you'd understand why I'm strong, I didn't come this far just to prove them all wrong. [CHORUS – powerful, emotional] I'M STILL STANDING, I'M STILL BREATHING, FIGHTING EVERY DEMON THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE THE REASON I WOULD BREAK, I WOULD FALL, I WOULD LOSE IT ALL, BUT I'M STILL HERE, STILL RISING AFTER EVERY FALL. YOU CAN'T BREAK ME, YOU CAN'T SHAKE ME, ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE HATE COULD NEVER TAKE ME. I'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL, BUT I MADE IT THROUGH THE FLAME, NOW THE WORLD WILL KNOW THE MEANING OF MY NAME. I remember every night I had nobody to call, Staring at the ceiling, feeling ten feet tall Was the mountain I was climbing just to make it through the day, With a smile on my face while the pain wouldn't fade. They don't know about the tears that I buried in the dark, Or the times I lost myself trying to find my heart. I was carrying the weight that would've broken a man, But I kept pushing forward with my feet in the sand. Every scar has got a story, every wound has got a name, Every loss became a lesson, every struggle fed the flame. I don't need their validation, I don't need their applause, I survived my own destruction, now I'm standing because CHORUS – louder, more aggressive] I'M STILL STANDING, I'M STILL BREATHING, FIGHTING EVERY DEMON THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE THE REASON I WOULD BREAK, I WOULD FALL, I WOULD LOSE IT ALL, BUT I'M STILL HERE, STILL RISING AFTER EVERY FALL. YOU CAN'T BREAK ME, YOU CAN'T SHAKE ME, ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE HATE COULD NEVER TAKE ME. I'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL, BUT I MADE IT THROUGH THE FLAME, NOW THE WORLD WILL KNOW THE MEANING OF MY NAME. I was written off, counted out, left behind, Had a million different battles running circles in my mind. But I turned every setback into something I could use, Had nothing left to lose, so I had nothing left to prove. I don't run from my past, I don't hide from the pain, I wear every scar like a badge in the rain. You can talk about my failures, you can judge what you see, But you'll never know the battles that made me ME. I took hits to the chest, still I stood on my feet, Had the world on my back, still I wouldn't accept defeat. And if tomorrow brings another storm my way, I'll face it like the last one — I was born to stay. BRIDGE – slow down, emotional] To the person in the mirror who was ready to give in, Who was fighting silent battles just to find a way to win… I see you. I hear you. And I'm proud you made it through. The world may never understand what it took to be you BUT I'M STILL STANDING, I'M STILL BREATHING, FIGHTING EVERY DEMON THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE THE REASON I WOULD BREAK, I WOULD FALL, I WOULD LOSE IT ALL, BUT I'M STILL HERE, STILL RISING AFTER EVERY FALL. YOU CAN'T BREAK ME, YOU CAN'T SHAKE ME, ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE HATE COULD NEVER TAKE ME. I'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL, BUT I MADE IT THROUGH THE FLAME, NOW THE WORLD WILL KNOW THE MEANING OF MY NAME! [OUTRO – spoken, slow and powerful] I wasn't born unbreakable. I was broken… And I rebuilt myself. Every scar. Every tear. Every battle. This is who I am. And I'm still standing.