Rise

Dark room, cold floor, silence in my chest

Clocks ticking loud like a war drum in my head

Mirror shows the cracks where my pride used to flex

Yesterday I broke, today I still feel wrecked

Shoes by the door, weights untouched

The fire that burned now don't feel like much

But deep in the dust of defeated plans

A voice still whispers, "Stand if you can"

It's not the sweat, it's not the strain

It's the war I wage against my own name

Every "I can't" I ever said

Builds the chains wrapped 'round my legs

But I rise again through the pain, through the doubt

When the silence screams, I drown it out

Every fall is a vow I renew with my breath

I'm not done, not yet

I rise again, fists clenched and bare

Bleeding will, but I still dare

It's not the way, it's what I fight within

And I rise, I rise again

I've stared at bars I couldn't lift

Felt my worth sink with every misrep

Compared my grind to someone's peak

And hated the echo when my goals would speak

But steel don't shape without the flame

And scars don't form unless there's pain

So I meet myself on every set

A thousand debts, a thousand deaths

You're weak, maybe, but weak ain't dead

You'll quit, not today, not while I still have breath

You'll fail, I already did, and I stood back up

That's what makes me enough

I rise again through the storm, through the ache

When my heart says "break," I let it break

'Cause broken bones heal, but a broken will

That's a death I won't fulfill

I rise again, callous soul, trembling hands

Built from silence, not from fans

The war inside, I choose to win

And I rise

I rise again (ooh, ooh-ooh)

Not for glory (ooh, ooh-ooh)

Not for show (ooh, ooh-ooh)

Just so I can say

I didn't let me go