Find the Light Again [Verse 1] I woke somewhere between the dark and dawn, With a weight above my head, Tiny knives of silver light Cut the ceiling of my bed. Something tied me to the deep, Something whispered, “Stay alive,” So I drank the muddy water And I waited for the sky. [Pre-Chorus] I didn't know what I was, I didn't know where I'd been, But something underneath the silence Kept on pushing from within. [Chorus] So I rise, rise, rise again, Through the dirt, through the rain, If the world should break me down, I'll find the light again. Let the darkness take my name, Let the teeth of time bring pain— There's a little life inside me That will find the light again. [Verse 2] Then one morning came the miracle— I broke the earth in two, And the first thing that I ever saw Was an endless burning blue. Sunlight fell upon my shoulders, Wind was teaching me its song, I made sweetness out of nothing, And I thought I could belong. [Pre-Chorus] I learned the language of the rain, I learned the alphabet of air, Every leaf became a window, Every root became a prayer. [Chorus] And I rise, rise, rise again, Through the dirt, through the rain, If the world should break me down, I'll find the light again. Let the darkness take my name, Let the teeth of time bring pain— There's a little life inside me That will find the light again. [Verse 3] Then the peaceful sky grew violent, Stones came falling from above, I had barely learned what life was When it showed its lack of love. Something huge came down upon me, White teeth flashing in the sun, Cut my little world in pieces— I believed that I was done. [Break — music drops] Down into another darkness, Acid rivers, broken green, All the lives that bloomed before me Floating where they'd never been. And I thought: So this is how it ends... [Bridge — slowly building] But a seed does not need answers, It just needs a little rain. And the end is sometimes only Life disguising its own name. I was buried— Not defeated. I was broken— Not erased. For the smallest piece of living Still remembers sunlight's face. [Final Chorus — bigger] So I rise, rise, rise again, Through the earth, through every pain, You can bury me in darkness— I'll find the light again. Let the whole world swallow me, Let me fall where endings reign— If one living seed is left of me, I'll find the light again. [Outro] Between the darkness and the dawn, I hear the old earth say: You have been here once before... You already know the way. Find the light... Find the light... Find the light again.
