[Verse 1]
Hands on the frozen hilt
Knuckles white
Breath in the air
Crowd holds its breath
Waiting
For a legend that isn’t there
Whispers coil round my ankles
“Boy
You were never the one”
Shadows lean in
Laughing
Blocking out the sun
[Chorus]
But this is my sword in the stone
Every doubt
Every ghost I’ve known
You push me down
I push back harder
You already see how this story goes
You feel the end in the marrow of your bones
I’ll rise
I’ll rise
And wear that crown of armor
[Verse 2]
Weight like a world on the handle
Cold steel glued to the rock
Every pull feeds their power
Every strain feeds their talk
“Stay small
Stay scared
Stay silent”
Voices spit ash in my ears
Still
There’s a fire beneath them
Burning through the fear
[Chorus]
‘Cause this is my sword in the stone
Every doubt
Every ghost I’ve known
You push me down
I push back harder
You already see how this story goes
You feel the end in the marrow of your bones
I’ll rise
I’ll rise
And wear that crown of armor
[Bridge]
You tried to write the ending (hey!)
Signed it in borrowed blood
But I was forged in something
You could never touch
[Chorus]
This is my sword in the stone
Every doubt
Every ghost I’ve known
You push me down
I push back harder
You knew the truth as the cracks first showed
You felt the shift as your dark tide slowed
I rise
I rise
Now watch your kingdom falter
[Chorus]
This is my sword in the stone
I lift it up
And the whole sky glows
You held me down
I stand up taller (oh yeah)
You always knew how the story goes
You fall away as my true name’s told
I rise
I rise
And walk out crowned in armor