We're Still Here — a song about surviving domestic violence
The silence
Reading footsteps, hiding bruises, apologising for things that were never theirs to carry.
The morning
Leaving, speaking out, healing — and learning what safe can feel like.
“We're not the shame, we're not the blame.”
We're Still Here is told equally through a female and a male survivor. Their experiences are different, but both live with fear, control and the damage abuse leaves behind — and both reach the same truth: what happened to them does not define who they are.
It begins inside the silence of an abusive relationship, then grows into a shared refusal to stay silent — following both survivors through leaving, speaking out, healing and learning what safety can feel like.
Leaving
Her verses show the hypervigilance of living with domestic abuse — reading footsteps, reading silence and blaming herself — before she begins to understand that disagreement should never end in fear or punishment.
Speaking
His verses confront domestic violence against men and the pressure to stay silent because men are expected to appear strong. Strength becomes finally saying what happened and refusing to hide the abuse.
Surviving
When the voices join, the song becomes a statement for survivors: the abuse may leave scars, but it does not own their identity. What remains is a life, a voice, a future and the right to define what comes next.
Release details
WE ARE NOT THE SHAME! NOT THE BLAME!
WE WON'T CARRY WHAT WAS NEVER OURS TO CLAIM!
