I Am Here, I Am Alive

[Verse 1]
I knew the room by every wall
Counted the cracks above my bed
Kept one small match inside my coat
And called it hope inside my head

I wore the night like borrowed clothes
Too tired to ask when it would end
Then morning found my open hands
And placed a pulse beneath my skin

[Pre-Chorus]
I was not made to disappear
I learned my name through all that fear

[Chorus]
I came through the dark
With a spark in my heart
Now the door is wide
And I’m stepping outside

I came through the dark
Every scar left a mark
Not a chain, not a sign
I am here, I am alive

[Verse 2]
The old street still remembers rain
The rusted gate still leans the same
But I don’t bow to what I knew
There’s room enough for something new

I hear the ones who held me up
In every breath I’m taking now
A thousand quiet hands behind
The strength I’m finally letting out

[Pre-Chorus]
I was not made to disappear
I found my voice and brought it here

[Chorus]
I came through the dark
With a spark in my heart
Now the door is wide
And I’m stepping outside

I came through the dark
Every scar left a mark
Not a chain, not a sign
I am here, I am alive

[Bridge]
If the night returns someday
I will know the road I made
There is fire beneath the floor
There is mercy at the door

I can bend and still remain
I can grieve and choose my name
What was heavy taught me how
To lift my face and breathe out now

[Final Chorus]
I came through the dark
With a spark in my heart
Now the door is wide
And I’m stepping outside

I came through the dark
Every scar left a mark
Not a chain, not a sign
I am here, I am alive

[Outro]
I am here
I am alive
I am here
And I rise