Rise Again

[Verse 1]

I fell hard on a cold black road

Carried pain like a heavy load

Breath like smoke in the dead of night

Heart off-beat in a traffic light

[Pre-Chorus]

Every scar

Every silent scream

Buried deep in a broken dream

But a spark started in my chest

Wouldn’t die

Wouldn’t let me rest

[Chorus]

I will rise again

From the dust

From the dark

From the dead I’ve been

I will rise again

Hear the crack of my past as it caves and bends

I was lost

I was drowning in my own head then

But I

I

I

I will rise again

[Verse 2]

Hit rock bottom in a motel bed

Cheap clock buzzing in a hollow head

Half-warm coffee on the window sill

Sun broke through like a stubborn will

Tore those pages from an old regret

Every “can’t” that I ever met

Threw them out with the morning rain

Let that storm wash the rust from my name

[Pre-Chorus]

Every fall is a second chance

Every bruise is a battle stance

I’ve been scared of my own two hands

Now I’m done waiting for commands

[Chorus]

I will rise again

From the dust

From the dark

From the dead I’ve been

I will rise again

Hear the crack of my past as it caves and bends

I was lost

I was drowning in my own head then

But I

I

I

I will rise again

[Bridge]

[Drums drop to toms

Guitars clean and distant]

All the nights I cursed the mirror

All the times I almost gave in

I was closer than I realized

To the edge of beginning

So I’m cutting off the echoes

Letting go of every “when”

I am not what tried to break me

I am what stands up again (again, again)

[Chorus]

I will rise again

From the dust

From the dark

From the dead I’ve been

I will rise again

Hear the crack of my past as it caves and bends

I was lost

I was drowning in my own head then

But I

I

I

I will rise again

[Outro]

(Yeah) I will rise again

One more breath

One more step

One more stubborn stand

Fade to black

But I rise again