I wore the hurt like stone Cold in the marrow, deep in the bone It spoke in a language of pins and rain I learned to stand inside that name The days came hard, then harder still A slow black tide against my will But something small kept striking sparks A match in the mine, a pulse in the dark Breathe in Let the ache unwind Breathe in Leave the ruin behind Breathe in Though the weight may stay Something in me will not give way I rise, I rise Through the broken sky (ahh-ahh) I rise, I rise Even if I cry (ahh-ahh) Feather by feather I come alive I rise, I rise I rise There were nights my name felt чужд (alien) Like a coat I had outgrown and used I held my fear with shaking hands And still I stood where no one stands The wound was wide, the road was rough I called it mercy just to get enough But pain can sharpen, pain can teach How to keep a flame out of reach Breathe in Let the ache unwind Breathe in Leave the ruin behind Breathe in Though the weight may stay Something in me will not give way I rise, I rise Through the broken sky (ahh-ahh) I rise, I rise Even if I cry (ahh-ahh) Feather by feather I come alive I rise, I rise I rise Take what was shattered Make it a door Take what was buried And ask for more I am the scar and I am the seam I am the one who Still dares to breathe I rise, I rise Through the broken sky (ahh-ahh) I rise, I rise With tears in my eyes (ahh-ahh) Feather by feather I come alive I rise, I rise I rise
