[Intro]
A cold room, one chair, dust on the frame
I count every breath, I forget my name
[Verse 1]
It’s lonely in the shadows, I know that place
Where the walls keep score and refuse your face
Rain taps time on a rusted tin roof
Every answer feels too far from the truth
I carried that night like a stone in my coat
Kept my head down low, kept a lock on my throat
But a small voice rose where the silence had been
Said, “Open your hands, let the morning come in”
[Pre-Chorus]
I was sinking past the reach of a helping hand
Then a flame found air in the buried sand
[Chorus]
Come on, rise, there is light beyond the door
You are not the weight you were carrying before
When the dark says stay, let the whole heart move
Step by step, breath by breath, we’ve got something to prove
[Verse 2]
I saw my own fear in the glass by the sink
Tried to wash it away, watched it circle and shrink
Then the floor gave a tremor, the ceiling turned gold
Not a promise of easy, a hand to hold
Every scar has a doorway, every loss leaves a key
What was buried in sorrow still belongs to me
I won’t praise the pain, but I’ll name what it taught
There is room in my chest for the hope I forgot
[Garage Drop]
No more hiding
No more waiting
Feet on the floor
Heart awakening
[Choir]
Lift them out, lift them out
Turn the night around
Lift them out, lift them out
Let the lost be found
[Orchestral Build]
[Lead]
If you can hear me, take one more step
If your hands are shaking, take one breath yet
[Choir]
One more step, one more breath
Love is stronger than the fear of death
One more step, one more breath
There is life on the other side of this
[Chorus]
Come on, rise, there is light beyond the door
You are not the weight you were carrying before
When the dark says stay, let the whole heart move
Step by step, breath by breath, we’ve got something to prove
[Bridge]
I bring the spark to the places we sealed
I bring the truth to the wounds that concealed
No throne, no crown, just a voice in the choir
Calling every cold room higher and higher
[Final Choir]
Lift them out, lift them out
From the deep, from the deep
Lift them out, lift them out
Wake the soul from sleep
[Blues Outro]
I walked through the dark with a match in my hand
Found a little bit of mercy where I used to stand
Now the road bends slow, but I know what to do
I’ll leave one light burning for somebody new
[Outro]
It’s lonely in the shadows, but I’m not staying there
The door is open wide, and the light is everywhere