[Intro – soft piano over heartbeat, voice calm but direct]
Hey... it’s okay.
You don’t have to pretend it doesn’t hurt.
You’re not broken for feeling tired.
You’re human.
But listen close…
You still rise.
[Verse 1 – warm tone, lyrical pacing, reassuring cadence]
I know you’re tired of starting over.
Tired of fighting battles no one sees.
Carrying weight that doesn’t have a name,
Trying to stay strong when all you want is peace.
I know you smile when it hurts,
Stay quiet when it screams,
Tell yourself "maybe tomorrow"
While bleeding in your dreams.
You don’t need to be fearless.
You just need to be willing.
You don’t need perfection.
You just need to keep building.
[Pre-Chorus – vocal build, gentle backing harmonies]
The world doesn’t need the loudest voice.
It needs the one that refuses to go silent.
Even shaking…
Even scared…
Even scarred.
[Chorus – soaring vocal line, uplifting chords, tearful and powerful]
Still you rise.
Through the storm and the shame.
Still you rise.
With no one left to blame.
Still you rise.
Even crawling counts.
Even inching forward still amounts.
Still you rise.
Even when no one sees.
Still you rise.
'Cause healing ain’t always clean.
*Still you rise… and that means more
Than winning ever did before.
[Verse 2 – raw truth wrapped in kindness]
You don’t owe the world a version of you
that never cries, never breaks, never bends.
You just owe it your next breath.
Your next try.
Your next moment that says,
“I’m not done yet.”
Every hard day you survive
is a receipt that proves you’re stronger
than the lies in your head
and the silence in your room.
[Bridge – whispered then rising]
It’s okay to not be okay.
But don’t stay there.
You are not what happened to you.
You are what you choose to become after.
[Final Chorus – full choir, sweeping instrumentation]
Still you rise.
Even bruised. Even slow.
Still you rise.
Because you know what you know.
Still you rise.
Not for glory, not for show…
But because quitting just hurts worse down low.
Still you rise.
And with every inch you gain,
You remind the rest of us
That we can rise again.
[Outro – just voice over fading piano]
You’re not weak for needing time.
You’re strong for refusing to stop.
You’ve been through enough.
But you…
You are not done.
Still you rise.
BrandonJamesBand
