Lyric

[Verse 1]

She’s tying up her apron string

Coffee stains on her name tag

Bills stacked on the fridge door

Smiles anyway

Says “I’ll be back”

He’s stuck in the evening shift

Counting hours by the time clock

Grease on his old work boots

Humming just to drown the tick-tock

[Chorus]

We keep holding up our little world

With tired hands and tangled curls

Paycheck to paycheck

Day by day

But we don’t let it slip away

Yeah

It’s heavy

But it’s ours to hold

In the traffic

In the rain

In the cold

We bend

We ache

But we don’t fold

Holding up our little world

[Verse 2]

She’s folding shirts past closing time

Dreaming of a quiet porch swing

He’s driving home through yellow lights

Practicing the words

“How was your day

Sweet thing?”

They meet in the kitchen glow

Leftovers in a plastic bowl

He kisses her flour hair

Says

“We’re tired

But we’re still whole”

[Chorus]

We keep holding up our little world

With tired hands and tangled curls

Paycheck to paycheck

Day by day

But we don’t let it slip away

Yeah

It’s heavy

But it’s ours to hold

In the traffic

In the rain

In the cold

We bend

We ache

But we don’t fold

Holding up our little world

[Bridge]

(Female) Some days I wanna quit this race

(Male) I pull you close

Say

“We got grace”

(Female) I see your faith in your quiet eyes

(Together) It’s enough to get us through the night

[Chorus]

We keep holding up our little world

With grocery lists and laundry swirls

Paycheck to paycheck

Day by day

But we don’t let it slip away

Yeah

It’s heavy

But it’s ours to hold

In the traffic

In the rain

In the cold

We bend

We ache

But we don’t fold

Holding up our little world

[Outro]

(Together) We bend

We ache

But we don’t fold

Holding up our little world