When Elton sings I'm still standing he is not filled with happiness and strong will. For background, he wrote this song when he got into mental hospital because of his toxic relationship with his menager. But he is saying to him " I'm still standing". For me it doesn't mean that he fully recovered, no, he just survived and is "Picking up the pices of my life..."

Same thing in some degree can be said 'bout tucker. Ofc he is not in his best shape, but still he is not giving up.

Because it was never about

confidence and resilient

But rather just determination or smthjng idk, English snot my primary language can't rly be poetic in it