Rise From Ruins remix

Born with gold threads tied around my wrist Never knew what hunger

was until I was dismissed (yeah)

Penthouses and manicured estates

Slipped right past us

when they

shut the iron gates Bank accounts went cold,

the family pride in ash Sleeping on a couch with seventy in

cash Found my first broom,

swept the sawdust off the lane Learned the true value of walking

through the rain

Lost the easy silver,

threw away the shame

I had to start from zero

just to carve my name

I fell

from the ceiling,

hit the hard cement

Spent every single penny that was ever lent

Now I am

clawing on the ladder,

step by step I climb

Building up an empire on my own damn time!

(on my own damn time)

Cut my teeth in basements under flickering fluorescent tubes Trading idle daydreams

for the heavy working tools Turned a hundred bucks into an engine

that could run Working twelve-hour shifts under a blazing midday sun Every

single blister is an honest badge of grace Earning back my dignity

and staking out my place

Lost the easy silver,

threw away the shame

I had to start from zero

just to carve my name

I fell

from the ceiling,

hit the hard cement

Spent every single penny that was ever lent

Now I am clawing on the ladder,

step by step I climb Building up an empire on my own

damn time!

They counted me out

when the palace came down

Said you cannot wear the mantle

without the crown

Look up at the summit,

watch the tables turn

Everything I have right now,

I had to earn (had to earn!)

Step by

step I climb On my own damn time

Out of the gravel,

back to the sun

The climb has only just begun

(just begun)