Standing Where I Stand
(mmmmm) The bell rings like a warning
Morning pours across the floor
I hide my heart beneath my jacket
Like I’ve done a thousand times before
They laugh in little circles Throw their shadows at my shoes But
they don’t know the war I’m fighting
Or the things I’m scared to lose
There are demons in the lockers
Whispering my name
And a broken heart inside me
Trying not to break
But I’m still here in the hallway
Still breathing through the noise
They can try to drown me out
But they can’t erase my voice
With every crack and every scar I’m learning who I am
The world may feel like falling
But I’m standing where I stand
I used to count the ceiling tiles Waiting for the day to
end
Writing “help” inside my notebook
Then erasing it again
The cruel words stick like winter
When they’re spoken every day
But somewhere underneath the silence
There’s a fire they can’t take away
There are demons in the bathroom
Telling me I’m small
But a heartbeat keeps on answering
“I’m not gone at all”
And I’m still here in the hallway
Still breathing through the noise
They can try to drown me out
But they can’t erase my voice
With every crack and every scar I’m learning who I am
The world may feel like falling
But I’m standing where I stand
To the kid behind the glasses
To the one who eats alone
You are more than what they call you
You are more than what you’ve known
Tell somebody, let them hear you
You don’t have to hide the pain
Even storms that shake the windows
Eventually lose their rain
Now I’m walking through the hallway
And the shadows turn to light
I can feel my broken pieces
Starting to fit right
They can whisper, they can point
They can say what they demand But my heart is still beating
And I’m standing where I stand
The bell rings like a beginning
Sunlight spills across the floor
I still carry all my battles
But they don’t own me anymore
There are demons in the distance
There’s a future up ahead And the voice I thought was buried
Is the loudest one instead
(is the loudest one indeed)