[Verse 1] I was quiet in the echo of your leaving Like a shadow fading out across the floor Every word we never said kept breathing In the silence I was trying to ignore I held on to every fractured little moment Like they might still lead me back to you But time has a way of pulling hearts wide open And showing what the truth can do [Pre-Chorus] And I was falling, barely holding on Till I found the strength you said was gone [Chorus] Still I rise to you Through the fire and the breaking Every dream I thought was through Found a chance in the aching I was lost in the dark But your memory moves me Like a spark in my heart Still I rise Still I rise to you [Verse 2] There were nights I swore I heard you calling In the spaces only I could feel Every tear was like a river slowly carving Out a deeper kind of real Now I stand where all the pieces finally shattered And I see what I became Every scar, every moment that once mattered Was just leading to this flame [Pre-Chorus] I was reaching through the endless blue Now I’m stronger than I ever knew [Chorus] Still I rise to you Through the fire and the breaking Every dream I thought was through Found a chance in the aching I was lost in the dark But your memory moves me Like a spark in my heart Still I rise Still I rise to you [Bridge] And if I fall a thousand times again I’ll find a way to stand ’Cause every piece you left behind Is stronger in my hands I don’t need forever now to prove What I survived, what I can do [Final Chorus] Still I rise to you Higher than I’ve ever been Through every doubt I broke into I found my voice within Now I stand in the light Where the truth never leaves me I’m alive, I can fight I can breathe And I rise I rise Still I rise to you
