Intro This is the part where we admit We were never meant to quit. Verse 1 You said it all comes overnight, Just scream it loud enough, you’ll get the light. But I’ve been up at 3AM, With doubt wrapped tight around my chest again. Every failure with my name on it, Every scar I tried to frame on it. They only see the highlight reels, They never see the way it feels. Pre-Chorus I’ve been breaking just to build it back, Every loss put fire in my stack. You can’t rush what’s meant to last, We’re not done, we’re not our past. Chorus Built in stages, built in stages, Write it down across the pages. Fall down, rise up, still contagious, Built in stages, built in stages. One step, two steps, new phases, No ceiling, just open spaces. From nothing into outrageous, Built in stages. Verse 2 You said give in, just play the part, Water down your edges, guard your heart. But every time I tried to fit the frame, I felt smaller than my own name. This isn’t fame, this isn’t luck, This is bleeding when it all feels stuck. This is learning how to stand alone, Build a backbone out of broken stone. Pre-Chorus I’ve been losing just to understand, You don’t get strength without the hand That pushes back, that pulls you through, The only way is breaking through. Chorus Built in stages, built in stages, Write it down across the pages. Fall down, rise up, still contagious, Built in stages, built in stages. One step, two steps, new phases, No ceiling, just open spaces. From nothing into outrageous, Built in stages. Bridge (Dual Vocal Energy) You say we’re too late I say we’re right on time You say it’s too much I say it’s mine You say give up I say not today You say we’re done I say watch us break away Breakdown Every scar was just a chapter, Every fall a little faster. Every doubt was just a test, We don’t fold, we manifest. Final Chorus (Bigger, Layered) We rise in stages, stages, stages, Every tear turned into pages, pages. No fear left to contain us, contain us, We were built for this. We rise in stages, stages, stages, From the floor to the main stages, stages. No silence left to cage us, cage us, We were built for this. Outro Brick by brick, breath by breath, We outgrow every almost-death. Not overnight, not by luck, Just never giving up.
