[Verse 1]
I learned to smile with a mouth full of scars
Learned how to breathe when the room went dark
Every broken piece, every night I fell
Put another root in the dirt of hell
I used to pray for an easier road
Till I understood what the hard years showed
You don’t build wings when you never fall
You don’t find strength when you’ve had it all
[Pre-Chorus]
So let the rain come down
Let the whole world shake
There’s something growing underneath the pain
[Chorus]
No tree can grow to heaven
Unless its roots reach down to hell
So I buried all my demons
In the places where I fell
Now every scar’s a branch
Every tear became a well
If I’m reaching for the heavens
My roots are down in hell
[Verse 2]
I’ve carried ghosts that still know my name
Held onto guilt like a burning chain
But the darkest soil makes the strongest ground
And the lost get found when they stop looking down
I’m not the man that I was back then
I’ve died a thousand deaths and rose again
So if you see me standing tall today
Know there’s a grave beneath every step I take
[Pre-Chorus]
Let the thunder roll
Let the old me break
There’s something beautiful born from the ache
[Chorus]
No tree can grow to heaven
Unless its roots reach down to hell
So I buried all my demons
In the places where I fell
Now every scar’s a branch
Every tear became a well
If I’m reaching for the heavens
My roots are down in hell
[Bridge – stripped down]
Maybe heaven isn’t somewhere that we go
Maybe heaven is the person that we grow
After every door is closed
After everything we lose
Maybe hell is just the soil
Where we learn what roots can do
[Build]
So let me break
Let me bleed
Let the darkness plant its seeds
I’ll take the weight
I’ll take the pain
And turn the fire into rain
[Final Chorus – huge]
No tree can grow to heaven
Unless its roots reach down to hell
I’ve been buried in the darkness
But I know that darkness well
Every scar became a branch
Every loss became a bell
Calling me toward heaven
With my roots still down in hell
[Outro]
So if you see me touch the sky
Don’t think I never fell
The higher that I learned to climb
The deeper grew my roots in hell.