Hard Won Sober
Lyrics
Verse 1
I came up in the wreckage, hands full of receipts
Old mistakes in the mirror, still clawing at my feet
But I learned what the pain was trying hard to teach
Every bruise got a lesson, every scar got a reach
I seen folks count the losses like the story ended there
But the seed in the dirt still fights for air
You can trip on the gravel, you can bleed on the climb
That don't cancel your future, that just buys you time
I was sick of the cycle, sick of feeding the flame
Sick of waking up ashamed, wearing yesterday's name
So I traded in the poison for a chance to be free
Now I move with a purpose, not a weight on me
I still remember the nights when my hands used to shake
When the whole world felt heavy and my will felt fake
But I stood in the wreckage and I said, "Not today"
Now I count every small win like it made me awake
Pre-Chorus
Pick it up, don't fold
Keep your grip, stay gold
What you lost ain't gone
If you keep moving on
Chorus
Get up again
Get up again
You only lose when you quit
Get up again
Get up again
Get up again
Hard work is the prayer
Get up again
Verse 2
Every clean morning felt like a mountain I had to move
Every honest day was a bruise I learned to prove
That I could live with the truth, not hide in the fog
Not numb out the hunger, not chase that dog
I had to face all the damage, all the names I wore
Every broken promise, every slammed door
Had to sit with the silence, let the shame burn out
Then I saw the first spark of a different route
It's funny how blessings show up dressed like labor
In the sweat, in the grind, in the choices that save you later
In the call you return, in the meeting you attend
In the part of you that stands up again and again
You don't need perfect, you need faithful hands
You need one more step and a better plan
'Cause the life that you're fighting for is worth the ache
Worth the nights you endure and the habits you break
Pre-Chorus
Pick it up, don't fold
Keep your grip, stay gold
What you lost ain't gone
If you keep moving on
Chorus
Get up again
Get up again
You only lose when you quit
Get up again
Get up again
Get up again
Hard work is the prayer
Get up again
Bridge
Look back at the distance, see how far you came
From the ledge to the ledger, from the pain to the name
You are not your relapse, you are not your shame
You're the one who returned when the old life came
So if you fall in the dust, let it teach, let it sting
Then rise with the lesson and the strength it brings
Every hard win counts, every hard loss too
They both built the version that is standing in you
Final Chorus
Get up again
Get up again
You only lose when you quit
Get up again
Get up again
Get up again
Hard work is the prayer
Get up again
Get up again
Get up again
We only fall when we stop
Get up again