“The House That Held Us Together” Verse 1 There’s a picture on the mantle we still straighten now and then, A reminder of the ones we lost and won’t see here again. We learned to set an extra place even when the chair stayed bare, ’Cause love don’t leave a family, even when the body isn’t there. Chorus We’ve been living through the shadows, holding on with shaking hands, Trying to stitch our broken pieces into something that still stands. Through the death, the love, the hard times, and the nights we couldn’t breathe, We found a way to keep on going when our hearts were on our sleeves. And somehow this house kept standing through the stormy kind of weather— ’Cause pain can break a family, but love can hold it all together. Verse 2 There were nights the walls were trembling from the weight of what we felt, Anxiety like thunder rolling in from somewhere deep we never dealt. But someone always lit a candle, someone always said a prayer, Not to chase away the darkness—just to show we’re still right here. Chorus We’ve been living through the shadows, holding on with shaking hands, Trying to stitch our broken pieces into something that still stands. Through the death, the love, the hard times, and the nights we couldn’t breathe, We found a way to keep on going when our hearts were on our sleeves. And somehow this house kept standing through the stormy kind of weather— ’Cause pain can break a family, but love can hold it all together. Bridge Some days we’re strong, some days we’re barely standing, Some days the grief comes back without a warning. But every sunrise finds us still believing That love is worth the weight we’re carrying. Verse 3 Now the kids are growing older, asking questions of their own, About the ones who left too early and the storms we’ve weathered as we’ve grown. We tell them strength ain’t never perfect, it’s just choosing not to fall— And that a family isn’t fearless, but we rise through it all. Final Chorus We’ve been living through the shadows, holding on with shaking hands, Trying to stitch our broken pieces into something that still stands. Through the death, the love, the hard times, and the nights we couldn’t breathe, We found a way to keep on going when our hearts were on our sleeves. And somehow this house kept standing through the stormy kind of weather— ’Cause pain can break a family, but love can hold it all together.