Description
From Chapter 30, “A Boy,” of It’s Impossible by J H McIntosh — Act I: Love Awakens.
"You don’t pursue, you don’t invade, you don’t turn love into a trade," Belle sings in Still Standing. She is giving recognition to Aaron's patient love, his steady, and deeply respectful manner. It offers a gentle reminder that true connection doesn’t demand or consume but allows room to breathe and grow. This song unfolds quietly, revealing strength in calmness and warmth in unwavering presence. Listening to it feels like discovering a refuge where vulnerability is met with understanding, and acceptance is unconditional.
Lyrics
I never asked for truth this clear,
Or love that stayed without drawing near.
I never asked for truth to speak this clear,
All of the weight without pulling me near.
They try to label it small,
Reduce it down, explain it all.
But you just stood there, calm and sure,
A love too clean to need a cure.
You don’t pursue, you don’t invade,
You don’t turn love into a trade.
You’re still standing, still standing here,
Close enough to calm my fear.
You don’t reach out, you don’t demand,
You never close your open hand.
You let me breathe, you let me choose,
You stay with nothing left to prove.
You’re still standing here.
I’ve known desire dressed as care,
A thousand lies behind a stare.
But when I look into your face,
I find a still, undaunted place.
You don’t take what I don’t give,
You just show me how to live.
You don’t pursue, you don’t invade,
You don’t turn love into a trade.
You’re still standing, still standing here,
Close enough to calm my fear.
You don’t reach out, you don’t command,
You never close your open hand.
You let me breathe, you let me choose,
You stay with nothing left to prove.
You’re still standing here.
If hunger had possessed you, you’d be gone,
Starved and deprived, you’d have moved on.
But what you carry doesn’t burn,
It warms the dark and lets me learn.
You’re still standing, still standing here,
Close enough to calm my fear.
You let me breathe, you let me choose,
You stay with nothing left to prove.
You’re still standing here.
There’s something in the way you wait,
Is that what’s known as grace — you…
Still standing…
Still standing here.
