Alone
with no place left that you call home,
nobody waiting by the phone,
no one to care that you're not there,
no one to defend you...
Somehow,
the shadow always tracks you down,
'til you've got one knee on the ground
and the next mistake is all it'll take
for it to end you.
It tries.
It breaks your heart and tells you lies.
Wrings angry tears out of your eyes,
until the pain drives you half-insane
and terror blinds you.
And then,
something stirs in you again.
You don't know how, you don't know when,
but a quiet voice offers you the choice
to leave it all behind you.
Dust off your hands, take a breath, take a stand,
and admit that you might have been wrong.
Your heart still remembers the smoldering embers;
the fire was in you all along!
[Chorus]
RISE like a dragon and RISE from the agony!
RISE and rekindle the flame!
When life turns to ashes, you go get the matches
and sear away all of the shame!
Burn like a demon to earn what you're dreamin'.
The Phoenix inside never dies!
You ignite, and you RISE!
You might
have almost given up the fight.
Forgotten how to be alright.
Hey, but it's okay to not know your way
when you first get going.
It's not fair
that most of us don't start off there,
but everyone belongs somewhere,
and the hardest part is guessing where to start,
but never really knowing.
The pain ends
when you don't have to make amends.
When chosen family, loyal friends,
all have got your back, help you stay on track,
'cause they're all behind you.
You have grown,
but no one gets there on their own,
and when you think that you're alone,
it's the ones you love that are thinking of
new ways to remind you.
You were lonely and scared and nowhere near prepared.
There were lessons you needed to learn.
But now's it's your mission to start reignition!
Your heart is just waiting to burn!
RISE like a dragon and RISE from the agony!
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RISE and rekindle the flame!
When life turns to ashes, you go get the matches
and sear away all of the shame!
Burn like a demon to earn what you're dreamin'.
The Phoenix inside never dies!
You ignite, and you RISE!
No shadow can claim you.
No challenge can tame you.
You're stronger than you realize.
There isn't a thing which
could ever extinguish
the inferno that burns in your eyes!
RISE like a dragon and RISE from the agony!
RISE and rekindle the flame!
When life turns to ashes, you go get the matches
and sear away all of the shame!
Burn like a demon to earn what you're dreamin'.
The Phoenix inside never dies!
You ignite, and you RISE!
You're in flight,
finally thinking you're alright,
when a shadow in the night
strikes from the dark; the shot hits its mark,
and it knocks you sprawling.
You cry,
curse the gods and ask them why,
as you plummet from the sky,
and as you drop, you pray for the stop:
crash to earth, end the falling.
By chance,
you take one last, wistful glance
down at the place you used to dance.
You close your eyes, get ready to die,
accept that you're finished.
But the crowd’s
Shouting up at you unbowed
And they’re screaming that they’re… proud?
'Cause even the sun, in the dark night, looks done,
but comes back undiminished!
Your fear and your doubt
almost let it go out,
but the last spark still flickers within.
You open your eyes
and recall how to rise,
and decide you can do it AGAIN!
RISE like a dragon and RISE from the agony!
RISE and rekindle the flame!
When life turns to ashes, you go get the matches
and sear away all of the shame!
Burn like a demon to earn what you're dreamin'.
The Phoenix inside never dies!
(Never dies!)
(Never dies!)
(Never dies!)
(Never dies!)
You ignite, and you RISE!
