[Intro]
[Piano and harp arpeggios
Distant choir]
Softly now
In the hush before the storm
Hands still shaking
From the battles we were born
[Verse 1]
[male vocal]
I walked through fire
Through the ash and the iron rain
Carved every promise into armor over pain
You were the lantern in a sky that never dawned
Calling my name
Pulling me on
[female vocal]
I traced your footsteps in the dust of broken days
Held to the spark inside the smoke and metal haze
If this is ending
Let it shine
Let it blaze
I won’t let go
I won’t look away
[Chorus]
[male & female
Big choir]
With arms wide open
We face the thunder as it falls
Let the storm come closer
We stand unbroken through it all
If the world starts closing
We tear the gates and breach the wall
With arms wide open
We rise
We rise
We rise and never fall
[Verse 2]
[male vocal]
Steel-winged shadows circle high above the ground
Fear like a drum in every heartbeat
Every sound
But when you took my hand
The tremor turned to roar
I found a voice
I never heard before
[female vocal]
I see the future in the cracks of shattered stone
Not made of kingdoms
Made of hearts that beat as one
If this is all we have
Then let it all ignite
I’ll stand by you
In the teeth of night
[Chorus]
[male & female
Bigger choir and brass]
With arms wide open
We face the thunder as it falls
Let the storm come closer
We stand unbroken through it all
If the world starts closing
We tear the gates and breach the wall
With arms wide open
We rise
We rise
We rise and never fall
[Bridge]
[Half-time
Strings and harp
Then build]
[male vocal]
Take my fear
Lay it on your heart
[female vocal]
Take my doubt
Tear it clean apart
[male & female]
If this is the last song we ever get to sing
Let it shake the dark
Let it crown us kings
[Key change
Double-time kick
Full choir]
[male & female]
With scars like banners
We raise them high into the sky
Every broken chapter
Now a pair of wings to fly
[Final Chorus]
[male & female
Full choir
Trumpets blazing]
With arms wide open
We face the thunder as it falls
Let the storm come closer
We stand unbroken through it all
If the night starts closing
We light a flame above it all
With arms wide open
We rise
We rise
We rise and never fall
With arms wide open
We rise
We rise
We rise and never fall