I woke beneath a sky of grey With all the words I couldn't say Another night, another fight With everything I keep inside I tried to bury what I knew But every road came back to you And every scar I tried to hide Still leaves a shadow on my mind Maybe I'm too scared to know Maybe you're too scared to show Everything we kept inside Was slowly pulling us apart Still I rise When the darkness calls me under Still I rise When I feel the whole world pull me down Still I rise Still I rise I won't disappear I won't surrender Even when I'm terrified I'll face the fire And still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise I used to think that falling meant I'd failed That every scar was proof that I was frail But now I see the places where I broke Were where the light found ways to reach my soul I don't need to become somebody new I only need to find the strength to be true And if tomorrow brings another storm I'll meet it as the person I've become Maybe I was too afraid Maybe you were tired of waiting We were standing side by side But somehow worlds apart Worlds apart Still I rise When the darkness calls me under Still I rise Still I rise When I feel the whole world pull me down Still I rise Pull me down I won't disappear I won't surrender I won't surrender Even when I'm terrified I'll face the fire And still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise If I fall Let me fall I have learned to face the ground If I break Let me break I know I can rebuild somehow Rebuild somehow I am more than every failure More than every goodbye More than all the nights I spent Afraid to even try More than every failure More than every goodbye Still I rise When the darkness calls me under Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise When I feel the whole world pull me down Still I rise Still I rise I won't disappear I won't surrender I won't surrender Even when I'm terrified I'll face the fire I'll face the fire And still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise... Still I rise...
