Flute & Fire

(ooh) Late night on the wire

Came up where the rent talk hit harder than pride Mama kept

the stove warm, kept the fear outside Every bruise got a lesson,

every scar got a name I was writing my way out while

they worshipped the game Friends turned thin when the table lost food

Still I learned how to stand with a calm kind of rude

If I speak, let it cut,

let the truth stay plain I don't dress up the hurt just

to water the pain

Hold me steady when the street gets cold

Tell me I'm more than the story I was sold

If the night leans in,

I won't let go

We made fire from a room with no heat Turned hard days

into gold on the beat You and I,

we don't break, we bend From the bottom we rise again

Hands up high for the love we found

Heartbeats strong when the walls fall down

You and I, we don't break,

we bend From the bottom we rise again

I seen good people fold from a week too long Seen a

bright mind dim when the checks went wrong So I talk for

the ones with their names turned dust For the kids told hush

when they asked for trust No cape on my back,

just a will to build Got a page full of vows and

a cup half filled She sang through the cracks,

gave the room new air Now the weight feels less when she

meets me there

If I fall

I'll rise

If you call I'm right by your side

No shame

No lies We

keep breathing through the fire We made fire from a room with

no heat

Turned hard days into gold on the beat

You and I, we don't break,

we bend From the bottom we rise again

Hands up high for the love we found Heartbeats strong when the

walls fall down

You and I, we don't break,

we bend From the bottom we rise again

Rise again

Rise again

Hold on, hold on

We rise again