[Verse 1]
Dust on my sleeves
Cold stone underfoot
I breathe once
And the world takes root
Meridians waking
Like ink in the rain
One more step
And I break through the pain
Moon over the ridge
Red seal in my palm
I hold my heart
Like a hidden psalm
[Pre-Chorus]
Higher, higher
Past the fear
Xiantian calling
I can hear
Bones turn golden
Veins turn bright
Open the gate
I step into light
[Chorus]
Xiantian gate, open wide
Xiantian gate, let me rise
One breath more
I’m not the same
Xiantian gate, call my name
Xiantian gate, feed the flame
I was low
Now I climb
[Xiantian gate, open wide]
[Xiantian gate, let me rise]
[Verse 2]
Old wounds fading
Like frost at dawn
I taste the iron
And push on
Broken jade bead
In my left sleeve
It shines like a vow
No one can seize
River below me
Far and thin
I hear my past
And let it dim
Every scar
Was a lesson carved
Every night
Made the core less starved
[Pre-Chorus]
Higher, higher
Past the fear
Xiantian calling
I can hear
Hands stop shaking
Breath goes still
One clean strike
And I bend the will
[Chorus]
Xiantian gate, open wide
Xiantian gate, let me rise
One breath more
I’m not the same
Xiantian gate, call my name
Xiantian gate, feed the flame
I was low
Now I climb
[Xiantian gate, open wide]
[Xiantian gate, let me rise]
[Bridge]
If I fall, I rise again
If I bleed, I turn to steel
Heaven wrote a harder road
But I know how pain can heal
[Chorus]
Xiantian gate, open wide
Xiantian gate, let me rise
One breath more
I’m not the same
Xiantian gate, call my name
Xiantian gate, feed the flame
I was low
Now I climb
[Xiantian gate, open wide]
[Xiantian gate, let me rise]