Raise A Glass

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Title: Raise A Glass
Artist: T34L
Release Year: 2025
Released as: Album (A Little Crazy)
ISRC: QT6G92594102
ASCAP: 933822570

Here’s to the mascara running down a tired face
Holding onto dignity in a godforsaken place
Hands shaking hard while you’re pouring out the gin
Packing paper bags, hiding where you’ve been
You swallowed every lie just to keep a little peace
Begging for a love that was nothing but a thief

They tried to bury us six feet in the clay
But they didn’t know we grow better that way

So raise a glass to the broken-hearted souls
To the hell we outran and the stories untold
To the nights we were done, praying for the end
But we’re standing right here, born again
We crawled through the ashes just to learn how to breathe
If you made it through, raise ’em up for you and me

Here’s to the ones who were traded for a thrill
Left with a mortgage and an ugly bitter pill
Hiding every bruise with a fell down the stairs
Taking all his sins and adding ‘em to your prayers
Courtroom benches and a cold, empty bed
Living with the ghosts of the things he said

He wrecked your life, threw mud on your name
But he couldn’t touch that stubborn flame

And here’s to the mamas with the empty rooms
Living in the silence of a house that’s a tomb
A pair of white shoes and a name on a stone
Crying in the kitchen when you’re all alone
You learned how to smile through a soul-deep ache
And carried the weight that would make a mountain break

We bent! We broke! We lost the damn way
Cussed at the mirror! Still faced the day
Pain tried to own us! Death tried to win
But look at us now, rising again

So if you’re listening and your heart is cracked wide
Know I’m right there with you on the other side
Raise ‘em high, yeah, that’s the truth
The broken rise. Hell, we always do