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STILL KNOCKING lyrics
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Intro
Thirty-seven missed but you answered every one of theirs
Verse 1
You were the name under "emergency" in six different phones Talked your boy off the overpass in a Walgreens lot Drove forty minutes on the E light 'cause his crisis couldn't stop Lent Keisha rent you didn't have, told her keep it Sat in courtrooms for your cousin, only face on the bench Voicemail said "I got you" and you meant it every time Served it back as "I'm alright," jaw tight behind the grin They leaned until you bowed and no one wondered what it cost
Pre-chorus
[Vulnerable] Everything you gave away you pulled from somewhere deep Nobody looked close enough to ask you where you bleed
Chorus
You held 'em all, you held 'em all Now the floor holds you and nobody calls You held 'em all, you held 'em all Who gon' catch you when you finally fall?
Verse 2
Dishes stacked like Jenga by the door Same shirt since Tuesday, maybe Monday, not sure Phone face down on carpet, screen cracked from June Blinds shut so long the neighbors think you moved Forty-seven unread, you used to answer all of those Three voicemails from your mama sitting there like ghosts Shower hasn't run, towel's where you hung it days ago Takeout bags by the entrance like a wall you chose You built the net for everyone, where's yours below?
Pre-chorus
Everything you gave away you pulled from somewhere deep And the somewhere finally caved, nothing left to keep
Chorus
You held 'em all, you held 'em all Now the floor holds you and nobody calls You held 'em all, you held 'em all Who gon' catch you when you finally fall?
Verse 3
Cancelled dinner, blamed the workload getting heavy Laughed a half-beat late at jokes, nobody caught it Water bottle at the function, water smelled like rain Vodka through the plastic while you held somebody's pain Slept inside the car before you walked in your own place Needed quiet from the saving just to fix your face They texted "you're the strongest" while you sat there caving in Nobody checks the lighthouse when the boats keep drifting
Bridge
Someone listening knows exactly who this is You got a name, a face right now That friend who always answers, never breaks When's the last time you called without needing something? Sit with that
Verse 4
Nine days and somebody finally knocks Not a text, not a meme, knuckles on the deadbolt lock You hear it from the floor where you been lying with the dust Chest says open up but your hands forgot the trust You opened doors for everyone, hospitals, jail gates One door between you and the thing you always gave Fingers on the handle carved from something caved Knock comes back, doesn't leave, just stays
Verse 5
This verse is you, both versions in one body The one who held and the one who can't hold nobody Emergency contact who forgot how to reach out Maybe you're the knocker too, who almost didn't come Scrolled past the silence like it wasn't growing numb Door's still closed, that's where this record stops No rescue, just the echo of the knock This a mirror and a question Did you check on them for real?
Chorus
You held 'em all, you held 'em all Now the floor holds you and nobody calls You held 'em all, you held 'em all Who gon' catch you when you finally fall?
Inside the recording
Thirty-seven missed but you answered every one of theirs
You held 'em all, you held 'em all Now the floor holds you and nobody calls
You held 'em all, you held 'em all Now the floor holds you and nobody calls
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