I'm Still Here

[Verse 1]
I stood where the old road broke
With dust in my lungs and my hands tied tight
You said I was built to bend
But I learned how to hold through the longest night

[Pre-Chorus]
Every door I found was stone
Every mile I walked alone
Still I kept my name alive
Still I kept the will to rise

[Chorus]
I rise, I rise from the weight of the years
I stand, I stand with the end in my hands
No crown, no kingdom, no borrowed praise
I made this ground with the steps I faced
I rise, I rise, and I’m still here

[Verse 2]
The hard rain wore the paint away
The cracks showed every place I’d been
I gathered what the storm had left
And built a stronger frame within

[Pre-Chorus]
Every door I found was stone
Every mile I walked alone
Still I kept my name alive
Still I kept the will to rise

[Chorus]
I rise, I rise from the weight of the years
I stand, I stand with the end in my hands
No crown, no kingdom, no borrowed praise
I made this ground with the steps I faced
I rise, I rise, and I’m still here

[Bridge]
Let the old walls fall behind me
Let the bitter lessons stay
I am more than what opposed me
I have carried myself this way

[Final Chorus]
I rise, I rise from the weight of the years
I stand, I stand with the end in my hands
No crown, no kingdom, no borrowed praise
I made this ground with the steps I faced
I rise, I rise, and I’m still here

[Outro]
Still here
Still here