Rise Up Anyway

Verse 1 I was a shadow in a hospital gown Half a heartbeat from not coming down Sirens fading, white lights above Trying to remember if I was still loved My hands were shaking, soul running thin Lost so much blood from the war within I hit the bottom, hard as the truth And rehab was the door I crawled to Pre-Chorus I didn’t walk in like a hero I dragged in broken, scared, and hollow But somewhere in the wreckage A little voice said, “Live through tomorrow” Chorus So I went to rehab with death on my heels With scars that were hidden and some that still healed I came in in pieces, no pride left to save Just trying to learn how to step from the grave And day after day, breath after breath I chose something stronger than dancing with death I’m not saying it was easy, I’m just saying I stayed I went to rehab, and it helped me find my name Verse 2 Cold metal bed and a paper wristband Trying to trust my own trembling hands Everyone asking, “How do you feel?” How do you say, “I forgot what was real?” Group room circles and coffee gone cold Stories from strangers, brave and untold And in their eyes, I started to see Maybe there was still a me underneath me Pre-Chorus No lightning strike, no grand salvation Just small mercies and hard conversations A thousand tiny choices Pulling me back into creation Chorus So I went to rehab with death on my heels With scars that were hidden and some that still healed I came in in pieces, no pride left to save Just trying to learn how to step from the grave And day after day, breath after breath I chose something stronger than dancing with death I’m not saying it was easy, I’m just saying I stayed I went to rehab, and it helped me find my name Bridge If you’ve ever stood on that edge alone Thinking the dark was all you’d ever know Hear me now, from the other side of pain There is no shame in needing saved No shame in the pills they take away No shame in the tears, no shame in the stay Sometimes the bravest thing a soul can do Is let somebody help carry you Final Chorus So I went to rehab, heart barely there With ghosts in my chest and knots in my prayer I came in defeated, too tired to pretend But somewhere inside me, I wanted to mend And day after day, breath after breath I chose something louder than whispers of death I’m still here singing, though I nearly slipped away I went to rehab, and I lived another day