Jade Meridian

I woke where the mountain kept my name

Cold stone, old rain, and a cracked red flame

Teacher said, "Walk till the breath turns gold"

So I learned to bow to the pine and hold

One palm up to the crow and cloud

One palm down to the roots underground

Seven seals in my empty chest

Each one broke when I chose the test

Step by step, I cross that line

Bone to pearl, and mind to sky

Hear that gate in the hush of dawn

I was lost, now I'm moving on

Dao in my blood (dao in my blood)

I rise, I rise

Jade in my breath (jade in my breath)

I stay alive

One with the path

One with the sky

Dao in my blood

I rise, I rise

I saw my fear in a mirror pond

Saw the boy I was, then he was gone

Moon on the sword, and frost on the wrist

Every scar said, "You can still persist"

I don't chase thunder, I make my way

Through the black bamboo and the ash-gray day

When the inner sea starts to roar

I turn that fire into more

Step by step, I cross that line

Bone to pearl, and mind to sky

Hear that gate in the hush of dawn

I was lost, now I'm moving on

Dao in my blood (dao in my blood)

I rise, I rise

Jade in my breath (jade in my breath)

I stay alive

One with the path

One with the sky

Dao in my blood

I rise, I rise

If I fall, let the river know

Even broken roots can learn to grow

I was carved by winter's hand

Now I bloom where I stand

Dao in my blood (dao in my blood)

I rise, I rise

Jade in my breath (jade in my breath)

I stay alive

One with the path

One with the sky

Dao in my blood

I rise, I rise