A young woman watches her plans disappear overnight, then spends years building a life from what was left behind. A song about resilience, motherhood, sacrifice, and discovering that the life you didn't choose can become the one you'd never trade.
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What Stayed Standing
Written by Christopher Mason / Misty Mae Mason
They had a plan taped up on the mirror
Map circled out, bag waitin’ by the door
But the test turned blue on a Tuesday night
He left on that Greyhound under county lights
Watchin’ that road roll out without her now
Nobody calls it brave
When there ain’t another road
She built a life outta what stayed standin’
It ain’t the life she was runnin’ toward
Ain’t the one she planned before
But there’s a light on in a rented room
And a baby sleepin’ while the bills stack up
She built a life outta what stayed standin’
She ties on a stained apron, hair pulled back tight
Hopes that tank’ll make it to the sitter tonight
There’s a college letter in a junk drawer, lost in the mess
Nobody sees the weight
When there ain’t nowhere to run
She built a life outta what stayed standin’
It ain’t the life she was runnin’ toward
It’s the one she’s building around
She built a life outta what stayed standin’
One day he asks why she never left
She glances down at her hand
Says, “I missed that bus but got this instead”
She built a life outta what stayed standin’
It ain’t the life she was runnin’ toward
But it’s the one she wouldn’t trade
There’s a porch light on in a rented room
And little shoes by the door now
Yeah, she built a life
Outta what stayed standin’
And they stand in it now
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