[Verse 1] I was counting all my failures Like the stars that never shine Every promise Every prayer Felt like echoes in my mind You were standing in the doorway Saying “You don’t have to hide” Tiny tremor in your shoulder But your eyes were blazing wide [Pre-Chorus] You said “Look at all the scars you hate They’re the maps that brought you here today” I’m still shaking as I take your hand But I’m learning how to stand [Chorus] We will rise anyway With our voices breaking Hearts still afraid Feel the cracks light up in the dark Every bruise becoming a spark We will rise anyway Even when the world turns its face away If we fall tonight We’ll fall as one And we’ll rise We will rise Till the fear is gone (oh, we will rise) [Verse 2] There were letters on the table Things I never dared to send Every secret that I swallowed Became weight I couldn’t bend Now the choir of every heartbreak Is a storm behind my eyes But I’m stepping through the thunder Let it echo through the sky [Pre-Chorus] You say “Nothing here is thrown away All this ache is gonna carve your way” I breathe in the tremble in your voice This is it This is our choice [Chorus] We will rise anyway With our voices breaking Hearts still afraid Feel the cracks light up in the dark Every bruise becoming a spark We will rise anyway Even when the world turns its face away If we fall tonight We’ll fall as one And we’ll rise We will rise Till the fear is gone (yeah, we will rise) (sing it) [Bridge] [Choir softly] We are not our sorrow We are more than yesterday [Lead] If my hands are shaking Will you hold them anyway? [Choir building] We are not our failures We are breath and burning flame [Lead] If the night keeps breaking We will sing our own new name (oh, sing our own new name) [Chorus – Key Lift] We will rise anyway Hear the broken singing Unafraid Every tear that ever was shed Turns to gold around our heads We will rise anyway All the lonely hearts finding home today If we fall again We’ll fall as one And we’ll rise We will rise Yeah We’ll rise We will rise On and on and on (we will rise) (oh, we will rise)
