Strong (Live, New York City, 11/1/2023)

Looking for your pound of flesh

In a sea of broken bones

Heart’s beating out of your chest

But you won’t

Hide from the brutal truth

About what it takes to get there

Everything left to lose

But more if you let them

Stop you, no one else can ever stop you

‘Cause you’re strong like a lion, grace of an angel

Smart and you’re grateful

So damn hard like New York City

It’s been there all along

So please don’t forget you’re strong

Your blood and sweat and bruises

The pain’s just temporary

You’re the living proof

That you can be

Be anything that you want

The past does not define you

You fall, you gotta get back up

And put it all behind you

And no one else is ever gonna stop you, no

‘Cause you’re strong like a lion, grace of an angel

Smart and you’re grateful

So damn hard like New York City

It’s been there all along

So please don’t forget you’re strong

Shoulda woulda coulda never works out for here and now

But you’re worth it and you deserve it (mm hmm)

Mirror looking back at you saying please don’t let me down

And you know it but if you don’t

You’re strong like a lion, grace of an angel

You’re smart and grateful

So damn hard like New York City

It’s been there all along

So please don’t forget you’re strong like a lion, grace of an angel

Smart and you’re grateful

So damn hard and you’ve come so far

It’s been there all along

Just don’t forget you’re strong