Still Holding This Song (version 2)

Verse

Six a.m., the streetlight flickers out

Coffee mug still warm from last night's doubt

Paper receipts scattered on the floor like snow

Every one of them holds another song I know

I counted every penny back into my hand tonight

The store's closed, but the music still plays like light

Sirens outside go quiet when you're near

Strangers stop walking to listen through the year

Pre-Chorus

Maybe it's selfish keeping all this sound

But it's mine and I won't let it hit the ground

Chorus

I'm still holding this song in my chest

Every door we closed became an anthem instead

Barefoot on the sidewalk, sky turning blue

I'm still singing even when nobody's listening to me too

Verse 2

Your scarf's folded on the counter where you left it last

Cigarette smoke and perfume get stuck inside my past

Old tapes stacked like boxes I won't throw away

Every hiss is a ghost that hums along with yesterday

I walked down main street singing at the top of my lungs tonight

People point and laugh, but I don't care about their light

This whole town used to silence me before the night

Now they're clapping along like they've heard it all their lives

Pre-Chorus

Maybe it's selfish keeping all this sound

But it's mine and I won't let it hit the ground

Chorus

I'm still holding this song in my chest

Every door we closed became an anthem instead

Barefoot on the sidewalk, sky turning blue

I'm still singing even when nobody's listening to me too

Bridge

Maybe no one bought a ticket to this show

Maybe I sang just for the echo down below

But something's rising from all that noise and gray

I'm gonna let it shake this whole town into May

Chorus

I'm still holding this song in my chest

Every door we closed became an anthem instead

Barefoot on the sidewalk, sky turning blue

I'm still singing even when nobody's listening to me too