[Intro – Clean Guitar / Palm Muted Arpeggio] Chords: D5 – G5 – B♭5 – F5 (Let ring with reverb) Wounds fade slow, but I’m still breathing Every scar tells me I’m still here [Verse 1 – Distorted / Muted Power Chords] Chords: D5 – C5 – B♭5 – F5 – G5 I’ve fallen hard, face to the ground The echoes of my failures, they’re the only sound But I won’t hide, I’ve seen the dark before I’ll crawl through the ashes just to feel once more [Pre-Chorus – Build Up / Open Chords] Chords: C5 – B♭5 – F5 – G5 I know I’ve broken down too many times But I’m not done — I’m still alive [Chorus – Full Strum / Anthemic] Chords: D5 – B♭5 – F5 – G5** (repeat)** I’ve been lost but never gone I’ve been weak but I’ve held on Through the fire, through the pain I still rise again and again I’ll fall a thousand times in life But I still rise [Verse 2 – Clean Then Distort Into Second Half] Chords: D5 – C5 – B♭5 – G5 I’ve walked alone beneath the rain Carrying the weight of all my shame But every tear, it washed me clean Of the man I was, of what I’ve been [Pre-Chorus – Build Up] Chords: C5 – B♭5 – F5 – G5 I know redemption’s never free But the fight is what’s saving me [Chorus – Heavier Second Run] Chords: D5 – B♭5 – F5 – G5** (repeat)** I’ve been lost but never gone I’ve been weak but I’ve held on Through the fire, through the pain I still rise again and again I’ll fall a thousand times in life But I still rise [Bridge – Half-Time Groove / Chugging Riff] Chords: D5 – C5 – B♭5 – C5 – D5** (build)** Yeah, I’ve burned in the silence And I’ve screamed in the storm But the heart keeps beating When the soul’s reborn [Breakdown – Spoken/Whispered Grit Tone] Chords: C5 – B♭5 – F5** (low, palm muted)** So if I stumble, let me fall I’ll build new strength from it all [Final Chorus – Big Finish / Octave Lead Line Overlay] Chords: D5 – B♭5 – F5 – G5** (repeat)** I’ve been lost but never gone I’ve been weak but I’ve held on Every scar’s a part of me A map of my destiny I’ll fall a thousand times in life But I still rise [Outro – Clean Fade Out / Delay Trail] Chords: D5 – G5 – B♭5 – F5** (hold last chord)** Still I rise... yeah, still I rise...
