[Verse 1]
I walked through smoke and rain
With my name held in my teeth
Every door they shut on me
Made the floor feel softer beneath
I wore the weight for years
Like a stone tied to my chest
Still I rose with broken knees
And I gave that hurt no rest
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the dark don’t know me
Not the same old soul
I was buried, I was buried
Now I’m coming whole
[Chorus]
La Renaissance, I rise
La Renaissance, I rise
From ashes to my eyes
I’m alive, I’m alive
La Renaissance, my path
La Renaissance, my path
Love in every step I take
Peace and joy at last
[Verse 2]
What was meant to break me
Only taught me how to bend
I learned how to breathe again
When the bottom met the end
I forgave the room I slept in
I forgave the ghosts I fed
Now I carry morning in me
Where the old grief used to tread
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the dark don’t know me
Not the same old soul
I was buried, I was buried
Now I’m coming whole
[Chorus]
La Renaissance, I rise
La Renaissance, I rise
From ashes to my eyes
I’m alive, I’m alive
La Renaissance, my path
La Renaissance, my path
Love in every step I take
Peace and joy at last
[Bridge]
I been cracked open
Let the light move through
Every scar a doorway
Every tear a jewel
I was almost taken
By the weight of pain
Now I stand here shining
Calling life by name
[Final Chorus]
La Renaissance, I rise
La Renaissance, I rise
From ashes to my eyes
I’m alive, I’m alive
La Renaissance, my path
La Renaissance, my path
Love in every step I take
Peace and joy at last
La Renaissance, I rise
La Renaissance, I rise
What should end me made me whole
And I found my light