EP
Outlast
Verse 1
Nobody had to win the argument Nobody had to raise a hand They just went quiet and comfortable And let the room run out of sand I've watched good arguments die of exhaustion Watched them lose to nothing at all Not because they were wrong Just because nobody's built to outlast a wall
Pre-Chorus
It isn't a fight if only one of you is tired
Chorus
I don't have to be right I just have to still be here When everyone who called me out gets old, gets busy, disappears I was never taught to win a fight I was taught to survive one And some days I can't tell the difference between outlasting you and becoming them
Verse 2
Someone taught me how to sit still Told me stillness was its own kind of teeth I was young enough to call it wisdom Old enough now to call it what it was They said the ones who last are never the ones who flinch first I learned the lesson perfectly I just never asked what I'd become
Pre-Chorus
It isn't a fight It's just a longer one than you can watch
Bridge
I know how this works because I was built by it I've sat in rooms and said nothing and called it strategy I've let people wear themselves out on me and called it grace I'm not telling you this because I'm better than them I'm telling you this because I recognized the shape of my own hands
Final Chorus
I don't have to be right I just have to still be here When everyone who called me out gets old, gets busy, disappears Nobody wins a war of patience somebody just stops keeping score And I was taught which one to be before I ever learned what for
Outro
I'm still here I don't know if that's a victory or just what's left after everyone else got tired and went home I'm still here I'm still here I'm still—