Still I Rise [Intro] Mhmmmm... Ahhhhh... Somewhere between the dark and the morning... I am still here. [Verse 1] I have walked through empty hallways, heard my own steps fade away. Carried questions through the evening, watched them follow into day. There were nights I lost direction, days I could not feel the ground. But somewhere underneath the silence, something in me made a sound. [Pre-Chorus] Not a thunder... not a flame... just a heartbeat calling my name. [Chorus] Still I rise... even when the road is long. Still I breathe... even when I don't feel strong. And when the night comes closing in, something deep keeps pulling me in. Still I rise... still I rise agaaaain... Ahhhhh... Mhmmmm... [Verse 2] I have trusted doors that closed me, held on longer than I should. I have stood inside the waiting, hoping pain would turn to good. But every scar became a marker, every fall became a sign. And every time I thought I'd lost it, something brought me back in time. [Pre-Chorus] Not a miracle... not a prayer... just a quiet voice still waiting there. [Chorus] Still I rise... even when the road is long. Still I breathe... even when I don't feel strong. And when the night comes closing in, something deep keeps pulling me in. Still I rise... still I rise agaaaain... Ahhhhh... Mhmmmm... [Bridge] Maybe strength is not the answer. Maybe strength is staying soft. Maybe courage is the moment when you choose not to shut off. Maybe life is not about winning. Maybe life is simply this: One more breath. One more heartbeat. One more chance to still exist. [Soft Vocal Lift] Still here... still alive... still becoming... [Final Chorus] Still I rise... when the night is on my skin. Still I breathe... when I don't know where to begin. And when the silence calls my name, I will not disappear again. Still I rise... I can feel it... I can hear it... I can feel my heart agaaaain... Agaaaaain... [Second Male Voice] Again... [Lead – Higher] Still I riiiiise... [Both Male Voices] Ahhhhh... Mhmmmm... [Outro] No thunder... no answers... just one truth beneath it all. I am still here. And I will rise... every time I fall.
