Intro
(uh)
Yeah
Verse 1
I still reach for the phone before I remember why
Still set two cups out of habit, still don't ask why
The house got quiet in a way that I can't describe
Like the silence learned my name and decided to reside
I'm still tough, still moving, still doing what I do
But underneath the bravado, I'm still missing you
Nobody sees the cracks when I'm onstage and I'm shining
They just see the confidence, not the nights I spend crying
Pre-Chorus
So if I seem a little harder than before
(than before, than before)
It's just the only way I know to walk through this door
(than before, than before)
Chorus
I'm still standing, but I'm standing with a piece of me gone
I turned the heartbreak into the words of this song
Call it strength, call it scars, call it surviving the fall
This the sound of someone who's still giving it all
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm still standing, but I'm standing with a piece of me gone
(uh, oh-oh)
I turned the heartbreak into the words of this song
Verse 2
People say time heals it, time just changes the shape
Some days I'm fine, some days I can't escape
The way a song or a smell can pull me right back
To a version of life I didn't know that I'd lack
I don't perform the pain, I just carry it with grace
Learned how to smile with the ache still on my face
This rasp in my voice, it's not just for the show
It's every word I couldn't say before I let it go
Pre-Chorus
So if I seem a little harder than before
(than before, than before)
It's just the only way I know to walk through this door
(than before, than before)
Chorus
I'm still standing, but I'm standing with a piece of me gone
I turned the heartbreak into the words of this song
Call it strength, call it scars, call it surviving the fall
This the sound of someone who's still giving it all
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm still standing, but I'm standing with a piece of me gone
(uh, oh-oh)
I turned the heartbreak into the words of this song
Bridge
Still here
(still here)
Still whole, mostly
(still whole, mostly)
Grief don't mean I'm broken
It just means I loved completely
Chorus
I'm still standing, but I'm standing with a piece of me gone
I turned the heartbreak into the words of this song
Call it strength, call it scars, call it surviving the fall
This the sound of someone who's still giving it all
(uh, oh-oh)
I'm still standing, but I'm standing with a piece of me gone
(uh, oh-oh)
I turned the heartbreak into the words of this song
Outro
(uh)
Loved completely
Yeah
