Lotus

[Hook / Chorus – repeatable, viral] I came up from the mud, didn’t carry it with me Dirt on my roots but my soul still pretty Bloomed in the dark, now the light can’t miss me I rise, I rise like a lotus I rise, I rise, yeah I float above All that pain never stuck, never showed in my love From the bottom of the pond to the sky up above I rise, I rise like a lotus ⸻ [Verse 1] Started in the deep where the water’s cold Where the shadows talk and the lies get told Had to push through weight I didn’t choose to hold But I kept on growing anyway Fish swim past, yeah the world gets loud Trying to pull me down, trying to dim my crown But I learned real quick I don’t need that sound I was built to find my way ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] Every step up was a fight to breathe Every scar turned into something free What was meant to bury me Was the soil that carried me ⸻ [Hook / Chorus] I came up from the mud, didn’t carry it with me Dirt on my roots but my soul still pretty Bloomed in the dark, now the light can’t miss me I rise, I rise like a lotus ⸻ [Verse 2] Now I’m sitting where the water breaks Where the sun hits soft and the surface wakes Every petal proof of the path I take Yeah I made it through untouched You can’t stain what was meant to shine Can’t drown what was built to climb All that past is no longer mine I just turned it into love ⸻ [Bridge – emotional / spiritual moment] I’m not the mud, I’m not the pain I’m not the storm, I’m not the rain I’m what survives, I’m what remains I bloom again… and again… ⸻ [Final Hook – stripped then build] I came up from the mud… (soft) Didn’t carry it with me… (beat drops) I rise, I rise like a lotus