[Verse I] And the angel cries And the human sighs And the swan flies Up and away On the same day The voice proclaims "This is the one who will rise" And in an instant He flies [Chorus I] And his ascent is Brilliant And his light Resilient And he Shines And the choir sings And the trumpets ring As his head They crown with gold And his story is told "This is the one who will rise" And in an instant He flies [Verse II] And the voices say "This is the one who will fall" And in an instant He's small As his kingdom crumbles And his courage stumbles And the storm thunders As his hunger plunders And his body crashes And his spirit smashes And his spirit smashes [Chorus II] As his body crashes As his voice breaks And his spirit smashes As his love drains As his mind fractures As his heart throbs And the body crashes And the body crashes [Bridge] And the angels leave And the swan descends And the gold dissolves And the story ends And the voices fade To a single hum Once shame Now numb [Chorus IIi] And the earth is cold And the ground is true And there's nothing left And the sky stays still And the hands that reached Now hang And the chest is hollow And the air is thin And nothing rushes in And the breath returns Not triumphant Not torn Just air Just worn And "hell no" becomes The first prayer That day [Chorus IV] And the laundry waits And the bread needs made And the self becomes Background Not blade And he rises— Not flies— Just stands Just tries [Final Chorus] And this is the one who stays Not the one who was crowned Not the one who fell But the one who stays found In the ordinary hours In the unheroic way In the courage it takes To remain [Outro] And no voice proclaims And no angel cries Just the quiet way A man Thrives This is not the one who will rise This is not the one who will fall This is the one Who answers The smallest call This is the one Who lives Tall [Written by Julian Bergquist p/k/a Juda © 2026]
