Stay Right Here

[Verse 1]
I know the dents along the kitchen chair
The hour I wake, the clothes I wear
The bills stacked up beside the sink
The honest pause before I think

I used to measure every breath
Against a life I hadn't met
Now I can name what brought me here
And let it stand without the fear

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need a cleaner story
I don't need a borrowed face
Every crooked little chapter
Still belongs inside the page

[Chorus]
This is my life, and I can hold it
The weight, the want, the worn-out days
This is my voice, I won't control it
To fit the shape somebody made
I am not late, I am not lesser
I don't have to disappear
I can meet myself in the mirror
And stay right here

[Verse 2]
The bus runs late, the coffee's cold
My hands still shake when nights unfold
A friend calls twice, I let it ring
Then call them back and say the thing

There are some doors I never chose
Some roads that ended where they rose
But I can plant my feet and see
The ground is still supporting me

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't need a perfect ending
I don't need the world to clap
What I carry, what I answer
Makes a life from where I'm at

[Chorus]
This is my life, and I can hold it
The weight, the want, the worn-out days
This is my voice, I won't control it
To fit the shape somebody made
I am not late, I am not lesser
I don't have to disappear
I can meet myself in the mirror
And stay right here

[Bridge]
Let the old demands go quiet
Let the polished mask come loose
There is mercy in the ordinary
There is truth in what I choose

If tomorrow asks for changes
I can change without regret
I can grow and keep my name here
I can leave and still be me yet

[Final Chorus]
This is my life, and I can hold it
The weight, the want, the worn-out days
This is my voice, I won't control it
To fit the shape somebody made
I am not late, I am not lesser
I don't have to disappear
I can meet myself in the mirror
And stay right here

[Outro]
No borrowed face
No second life
I meet myself
And stay right here