Go Down Fighting

This is a personal fight within myself. I lost my leg 3 years ago and in the back of my mind life was over. I contemplated suicide a few times. With the health problems that I have I could lose my other leg. Depression is real and you never really know what someone has going on in their lives. Become a shoulder to cry on for someone going through something. That shoulder could actually save a life! [Verse 1] I built a house with tired hands A wife, four kids, and busted plans I worked so hard, I left myself On the shelf, on the shelf I wore that hate like skin and bone Said love was a crack in the home Now I see the cost in your eyes I been paying in pieces all this time [Pre-Chorus] I lost one part, then lost my name Tried to bury all that pain When the dark got loud, I broke apart Said I was done, said I was done But a hand still pulls me up Even when I’m full of rust I’m not gone, I’m not gone Not yet [Chorus] I’m not ready to say goodbye I’m still here, I’m still alive Go down fighting, go down fighting If I fall, I rise tonight I’m not ready to say goodbye I got love I can’t deny Go down fighting, go down fighting I’m still here, I’m still alive [Verse 2] Now I feel that second line Closing in on the edge of time And I’m scared of the shape it takes Every day, every day But I look at those kids asleep And the promise that I still keep If I’m half a man, let me stand Let me stand, let me stand [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been low, I’ve been lost I’ve been bruised and cut and crossed Still I breathe through the smoke and dust Through the smoke and dust There’s a road I can’t let end Even if I shake and bend I’m not done, I’m not done Not yet [Chorus] I’m not ready to say goodbye I’m still here, I’m still alive Go down fighting, go down fighting If I fall, I rise tonight I’m not ready to say goodbye I got love I can’t deny Go down fighting, go down fighting I’m still here, I’m still alive [Bridge] If the night tries to take my name I’ll spit it back through all the pain I was made for the hard, hard road Made to carry, made to hold One more breath, one more day I’m not looking away I hear them call me back inside Back inside, back inside [Final Chorus] I’m not ready to say goodbye I’m still here, I’m still alive Go down fighting, go down fighting If I fall, I rise tonight I’m not ready to say goodbye I got love I can’t deny Go down fighting, go down fighting I’m still here, I’m still alive