[Intro] Long nights Red eyes Empty room Big sky [Verse 1] They said, “Sit down” I stood on the doubt Stomach on empty But the vision was loud Holes in my shoes Rain in my coat Cold on my back But a blaze in my throat Mama in the kitchen Stretching one plate I swore on that table We’d change our fate Every closed door Left a bruise on my name But every single bruise Built weight in my frame [Pre-Chorus] I bled on the page Till the pain turned gold Every scar on my soul Is a story I told [Chorus] I never let the dream fall down Even when the world said, “Quit right now” (right now) Heart on the floor, still I rose, still I rose Look at me, I’m living what I wrote Yeah, I walked through the fire and the flood Turned all of that hurt into love I never let the dream fall down Dreams don’t break, they bend, then crown [Verse 2] [low vocal register] Dark days tasted Like metal and dust Friends turned faces Into rusted trust Laughed at my hunger Called it a phase But I carved my name In the smoke and the haze Late bus rides Writing schemes on my phone City rolled by I was already grown Every “you can’t” Became fuel in my chest I was built in the ruins Of every failed test [Pre-Chorus] I bled on the page Till the ink ran clear Turned a lifetime of fear To a voice you hear [Chorus] [Bridge] [saxophone riff under hushed vocals] Now the crowd sings back What I once yelled alone Took the cracks in my heart Made a diamond throne [violin swell] All that suffering Was the staircase, not the end Now my past is the echo And my future’s the anthem I send [Chorus] [Outro] [spoken, over harmonica and soft sax] For every night I almost let it go For every tear that fell in secret This is proof Dreams don’t die We just grow enough to reach them
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