Redebilitated

Verse 1

For a while I spoke in "when,"
Swapped out the heavy "if."
Kept a few small promises,
And watched a couple stick.
Started writing future plans
Like time was mine to spend,
Learned to love the quiet rooms
And stopped waiting for the end.

Verse 2

There wasn't any thunder,
No landmark I could name—
Just the things that cost me nothing
Came back to stake their claim.
I recognized the territory
Though I'd sworn we'd never meet,
And all the ground I thought I'd gained
Was sinking underneath.

Chorus

Redebilitated,
Just as fate anticipated.
For a minute I thought I'd made it,
Hell, I almost celebrated.
You can call it complicated,
I don't need another view—
I just stand and take my place.
This is what I do.

Verse 3

I used to have an answer
For every single ache,
A theory for the fracture,
A reason for the break.
Now I let the questions wander,
Let them go where they belong;
I have better things to burn through
Than explaining what went wrong.

Chorus

Redebilitated,
Just as fate anticipated.
For a minute I thought I'd made it,
Hell, I almost celebrated.
You can call it complicated,
I don't need another view—
I just stand and take my place.
This is what I do.

Bridge

Don't mistake this for a triumph,
I can read the scoreboard too.
There's a thin line between losing
And being finally through.

Some of this I walked right into,
Some of it just tracked me down;
I could spend another lifetime
Trying to tell the two apart.

But I know the weight I'm carrying,
And I know what I can lose.
I've walked this floor before,
And I know what to do.

Final Chorus

Redebilitated,
Just as fate anticipated.
For a minute I thought I'd made it,
Hell, I almost celebrated.
I won't call it perseverance,
I won't dress it up for you—
I'm just here to take my place.
This is what I do.

Outro

Thought I had the lock picked open,
Thought the worst of it was through.
Turns out I was mistaken.
That's nothing new.

Redebilitated.
Just as fate anticipated.

This is what I do.