Lyrics
Verse 1
I've walked through days I never speak of
I've carried grief beneath the smile
I've watched my plans turn into ashes
And wondered if I'd lost my way
Verse 2
Some prayers were spoken through my silence
Some tears were hidden from the light
I had no strength to face tomorrow
Yet somehow I survived the night
Pre-Chorus
I cannot tell you how it happened
I cannot say what made me strong
But when my strength was almost finished
Your mercy carried me along
Chorus
I don't know how but I'm still standing
Hey, I don't know how but I made it through
Yeah, when all my strength had left my body
Somehow Lord I still have you
I should have fallen but you held me
I lost my way but not your love
I cannot explain the mercy
That kept me when I had enough
Oh my father
I don't know how
But I know it was you
Chorus
Hey Yahweh, hey Yahweh
Hey Yahweh, you kept me, you kept me
Hey Yahweh, hey Yahweh
Hey Yahweh, when I had nothing
You kept me, you kept me
Verse 3
I've buried hopes without a witness
I've learned to live with questions still
I've seen the people I depended on
Become the ones who walked away
But you were there within the silence
Not with an answer to each why
You gave me grace enough for morning
When I could barely close my eyes
Pre-Chorus
And if the world should ask my secret
If they should ask what brought me through
I have no victory of my making
Every road leads back to you
Chorus
I don't know how but I'm still standing
I don't know how but I made it through
When all my strength had left my body
Somehow Lord I still had you
I should have fallen but you held me
I lost my way, not your love
I cannot explain the mercy
That kept me when I had enough
Bridge
I didn't know the road before me
I couldn't see beyond the pain
But every time I reach my ending
Your faithfulness remains the same
And now I stand before you Father
With all my scars and all my praise
I cannot change the road behind me
But I can bless your holy name
Outro
Who kept me through the fire
Yahweh, Yahweh
Who held me through the night
Yahweh, Yahweh
Who heard me when I couldn't pray
Yahweh, Yahweh
Who gave me life another day
Yahweh
It was the love that brought me here
It was you, it was you
It was you, it wasn't strength that kept me here
It was you, every breath, every morning
Every morning, it was you
Every breath, every morning, it was you
Every breath, every morning, it was you
Oh my father, I am standing
It was you, because of you
Because of you, because of you, oh
I don't know how but I'm still standing
I don't know how but I made it through
I've got no glory for myself
Lord every bit belongs to you
If I have breath I'll tell your story
If I have strength I'll sing your praise
I cannot explain your mercy
But I remember all my days
It was you, it was you
It was you, it was you
All alone, it was you
It was you
Through the fire, through the valley
Father, it was always you
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Meaning & Inspiration
I Do Not Know How (But I Am Still Standing) frames survival as evidence of divine mercy rather than personal achievement. The verses name grief, abandoned plans, unanswered questions, hidden tears, and the loss of dependable relationships. Yet the lyric repeatedly returns to the conviction that God remained present when human strength was exhausted. Its central confession refuses self-congratulation: every road back from despair leads to the Father who carried and held the singer.
Images of night, fire, scars, and morning give shape to suffering without pretending that every question has been resolved. The song instead celebrates enough grace for another day and faithfulness that remains steady at the end of personal resources. Calling on Yahweh turns testimony into worship, especially as the bridge blesses God despite an unchangeable past. The extended outro gathers the song’s themes into a declaration that breath, endurance, and praise belong to God. Standing is therefore portrayed not as proof of invulnerability, but as a response to mercy remembered across painful days.
Related Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 Paul describes being struck down yet not destroyed, closely matching the song’s confession of still standing.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 The passage connects survival and each new morning with the Lord’s enduring mercy.
- Psalm 40:2 The psalm credits God with lifting the sufferer from distress and setting the feet securely.