Coloring The Dark (Indie-Pop Fingerpicked)

[Verse 1] Some days I wake up tired Before the morning starts Coffee getting colder Phone heavy in my palm Scroll through other faces Smiling like it’s easy I’m hiding in the bathroom Naming every feeling [Chorus] I’m not fine But I’m still here Saying it out loud makes the weight less severe Breathing in Breathing out Counting colors on the wall I don’t have to win today I just have to not give up at all [Verse 2] Text from my best friend “Hey You disappeared” I type a hundred answers Erase them when they’re weird So I send a tiny heart He sends a voice note back (yeah) Says “You don’t have to talk I’m just glad you wrote me That’s that” [Chorus] I’m not fine But I’m still here Saying it out loud makes the weight less severe Breathing in Breathing out Counting colors on the wall I don’t have to win today I just have to not give up at all [Bridge] Some nights the thoughts get louder Like they want the whole sky I turn the lamp on brighter Let myself cry I write down one good thing In the margin of the page “I stayed” in crooked letters It still counts It still counts It still counts [Chorus] I’m not fine But I’m still here Saying it out loud makes the weight less severe Breathing in Breathing out Tracing patterns on the wall I don’t have to fix my heart I just have to keep it beating That’s all