Rise Into Light

{subtle vinyl static crackle} Yeah...

Turn the volume up.

This one's for everybody who kept going.

{warm Rhodes electric piano chords chime in} I was down,

now the lights on me,

Had a dream nobody else could see.

They said I'd fall,

but I found my wings,

Now I'm dancing through the storm they bring.

Oh-oh, look at me now,

Came from the dirt,

but I'm standing proud.

Oh-oh, hear that sound,

Ain't nobody gonna keep me down.

{punchy 808 sub-bass

drops} I remember nights when the room felt cold,

Trying to find a way when I had no road.

Had a heart full of hope and a head full of plans,

Had to bet on myself when nobody else can.

Every scar turned into a story,

Every loss added to my glory.

I kept moving when the world said stop,

Now I'm looking at the sky from the top.

I know where I came from,

I know where I'm going.

The fire inside me

Is never going out.

{reverb swells, drums drop out} I was down,

now the lights on me,

Had a dream nobody else could see.

They said I'd fall,

but I found my wings,

Now I'm dancing through the storm they bring.

Oh-oh, look at me now,

Came from the dirt,

but I'm standing proud.

Oh-oh, hear that sound,

Ain't nobody gonna keep me down.

If you're broken, if you're tired,

If you're searching for a sign,

Let this be the moment You decide to

shine.

{gospel-style layered vocal harmonies} I was down,

now the lights on me,

Turned my pain into a melody.

What was a dream is reality,

Now the whole world's singing back to me.

Oh-oh, look at me now...

I'm exactly who I'm meant to be.

{ad-libs continue, final chord decays}