[Verse 1]
I knew your name in my bones
Even if I never held you
A little shadow in the home
A heartbeat I could not follow through
My mother carried quiet rain
And I carried the shape of you
A missing room inside my frame
That I learned to walk on through
[Pre-Chorus]
Then came the aunts
Then came the uncles
Then the grandmas slipped away
I had to stand in the doorway
With a cracked-open face
[Chorus]
I lost them all, I still rose
I lost them all, I still rose
I grew roots in the cold
I became what I was meant to be
I lost them all, I still rose
I lost them all, I still rose
Now I stand on my own
A full-time coach and I lead
[Verse 2]
Early mornings, empty gym
One whistle and a stack of chairs
I learned to speak through discipline
To turn the hurt into repair
Every name I couldn't keep
Lives inside the way I move
Every scar beneath my sleeve
Pushes me right through the room
[Pre-Chorus]
When the doubt gets loud
I hear their silence
Like a drum under my skin
And I tell my heart to get up
And begin again
[Chorus]
I lost them all, I still rose
I lost them all, I still rose
I grew roots in the cold
I became what I was meant to be
I lost them all, I still rose
I lost them all, I still rose
Now I stand on my own
A full-time coach and I lead
[Bridge]
If you could see me now
You'd know I made it from the ache
Not because it left me
But because I didn't break
I carry every goodbye
Like a fire in my chest
And I give it to the kids
When they need somebody next
[Chorus]
I lost them all, I still rose
I lost them all, I still rose
I grew roots in the cold
I became what I was meant to be
I lost them all, I still rose
I lost them all, I still rose
Now I stand on my own
A full-time coach and I lead