Lyrics

Here I Am
By Kristopher Daniel Pinnell™

[Verse 1]
I look into the past
I see my face
Faded hope behind
A younger trace
I never thought
I’d make it through
That night
But here I am
Still chasing light

[Chorus]
Here I am
I’m not the same
But I kept my soul
Inside the flame
I forgave the man
Who lost his way
Loved the one
Who fought to stay
I’m still standing
Still mine
I made it through
One breath at a time

[Verse 2]
Every time I fell
I fell hard
My name etched
Into the prison yard
Of shame
I held on to
My name in the pain
I kept breathing,
Even when I broke
And every bruise
Became a spoken
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[Chorus]
Here I am
I’m not the same
But I kept my soul
Inside the flame
I forgave the man
Who lost his way
Loved the one
Who fought to stay
I’m still standing
Still mine
I made it through
One breath at a time

[Verse 3]
All my songs
Were written
From the dark
Every verse
A torch
Every rhyme a spark
But this one lifts
Through that broken arch
From blood to bone
A love song
I could call my own

[Chorus]
Here I am
I’m not the same
But I kept my soul
inside the flame
I forgave the man
who lost his way
loved the one
who fought to stay
I’m still standing
still mine
I made it through
One breath at a time

[Verse 4]
And if you ask
Me what it
Means to heal
It’s not the time clean
it’s what you feel
When you look back
See your name
Still breathing
Underneath the flame

[Chorus]
Here I am
I’m not the same
But I kept my soul
Inside the flame
I forgave the man
Who lost his way
Loved the one
Who fought to stay
I’m still standing
Still mine
I made it through
One breath at a time

[Bridge]
He’s not dead
He tried
He fought like hell
To keep us alive
And now I stand
In front of self and me
Blushing in the mirror
Finally free

[Outro]
So when fear knocks
I won’t run
I’ll answer it
With what I’ve done
I forgave him
Now I live
Here I am
And I forgive