(spoken, calm, soft warmth) Then let me stay. Please. Listen.
[Verse 1] Don’t push me from the fire Like I’ve never seen the dark before I was raised in a wounded world I know what surviving costs
You think your scars will make me leave You think pain can only spread But love was born in harder places Than the fears inside your head
[Pre-Chorus] I’m not standing here to save you I’m not saying this is easy I’m saying I won’t abandon you Just because you’re hurting deeply
[Chorus] Stand your ground You don’t have to face the storm alone now Stop running Darkness only grows when we surrender Just hold on please I know you’re terrified But pain is not the measure of your soul Stand your ground, stand your ground I’m begging you
[Verse 2] You speak like you’re a disaster Like your touch was built to break But I have seen the weakest people Still choose love in the face of hate
Maybe every light you touched grew dim Because they burned themselves dry Not because you were unworthy Not because you poison every life
[Pre-Chorus 2] I’m not asking you for perfection Or pretending wounds don’t bleed I’m asking you to trust me And let somebody stay this time Please
[Chorus 2] Stand your ground You don’t have to carry all this suffering Stop running You are more than what the dark has whispered Just breathe please I know the night feels endless But I refuse to let you disappear Stand your ground, stand your ground I’m begging you
[Bridge — soft strings, exposed vocal] There’s a version of this story Where you keep running Where fear becomes your only home Where every door stays closed
But I’ve seen what happens When people stop reaching for each other
The world gets colder Quieter Smaller
And I won’t let that happen to you
So listen
[Final Chorus] Stand your ground Even if your hands are shaking don’t surrender Stay with me Until the dark inside you loses power Don’t give in, don’t disappear You are not beyond redemption And I would rather stand beside your pain Than watch you face it all alone
[Final Lift] Stand your ground I know you’re scared but I can see the light still Keep fighting Even broken hearts deserve tomorrow I won’t leave, I won’t run Not because I cannot see the darkness But because I see the person underneath it And I refuse to let them go
(spoken, soft piano) You don’t survive the dark… by surviving it alone.