[Verse 1] Talking to the ceiling in the quiet Tracing all the cracks like they’re a map Wonder if You see me when I’m silent Or if I’m just a story in the back I’ve been taking tiny steps in shadows Breathing through the shaking of my hands Learning how to trust a softer echo Of promises I barely understand [Chorus] I will rise in my own time I’m a slow-growing light But I still shine I am loved in the meantime Every scar Every tear By design I am more than what I lost More than what they left behind I will rise in my own time I will rise in my own time (oh, I’ll rise) [Verse 2] Used to chase approval like an anthem Begging every mirror “make me new” Now I hear a whisper in the stillness Saying “Nothing they decide is ever You” Planting all my doubts like little seeds now Watching how they turn to something brave Hope is in the waiting and the weeding Faith is choosing not to walk away [Chorus] I will rise in my own time I’m a slow-growing light But I still shine I am loved in the meantime Every scar Every tear By design I am more than what I lost More than what they left behind I will rise in my own time I will rise in my own time (yeah, I’ll rise) [Bridge] [Organ swells in under the vocal] Tell me I am worth this fight When I’m breaking on the floor (oh, I’m breaking) Meet me in the middle of Every “less than ” every “or” I’m not begging to be chosen I am choosing to believe You have written something holy In the way that I’m made weak [Chorus] I will rise in my own time I’m a slow-growing light But I still shine I am loved in the meantime Every scar Every tear By design I am more than what I lost More than what they left behind I will rise in my own time I will rise in my own time [Outro] Softly now I claim my name Not their hurt Not their blame I am loved I am alive And I rise And I rise
