[Verse 1]
I learned to walk on broken weeks
With both hands full of empty dreams
Blood on the knuckles, dust on my jeans
Still I showed up, still I believed
You were the one who held the door
When I could not hold my own no more
A borrowed couch, a second plate
A name I needed someone to say
[Pre-Chorus]
We came up hard
We came up slow
Carried the fire
Through the smoke
If I fall down
Pull me back
I’m not done
I’m on the track
[Chorus]
Scarred but standing
Still I rise
Scarred but standing
Watch me try
We don’t fold
We don’t break
We take the hit
And we remain
Scarred but standing
Side by side
Scarred but standing
We survive
[Verse 2]
I wore the years like shattered glass
Every goodbye came hard and fast
But in the wreckage, there you were
A table set, a steady word
You stitched me up with honest care
A crooked laugh, a chair pulled near
And when my hope got thin and small
You lent me yours and gave me all
[Pre-Chorus]
We came up hard
We came up slow
Carried the fire
Through the smoke
If I fall down
Pull me back
I’m not done
I’m on the track
[Chorus]
Scarred but standing
Still I rise
Scarred but standing
Watch me try
We don’t fold
We don’t break
We take the hit
And we remain
Scarred but standing
Side by side
Scarred but standing
We survive
[Bridge]
Let it shake the frame
Let it come undone
We have been the rain
We have been the sun
Names on our hands
Marks on our skin
Every wound says
We get up again
[Final Chorus]
Scarred but standing
Still I rise
Scarred but standing
Watch me try
We don’t fold
We don’t break
We take the hit
And we remain
Scarred but standing
Side by side
Scarred but standing
We survive
Scarred but standing
Till the end
Scarred but standing
Again and again