Here I am again On the brink When the noise gets too loud I start to sink I'm in box the sender forgot to mark as fragile I'm all banged up and broken from the travel But I might stumble when I climb Go down in flames each time I fly I still rise I still rise The words that others say Can cut so deep And I can't keep count Of every casualty When you run out of breath Before you reach the surface The final stretch Can feel like it's enormous I might stumble when I climb Go down in flames each time I fly But I still rise I still rise I might give into the tide Or end up on the losing side But I still rise I still rise I don't know if I'll ever reach the shore From a raft that's tattered and torn But I keep picking up the oars Again and again and again I might stumble when I climb Go down in flames each time I fly But I still rise I still rise I might give into the tide Or end up on the losing side But I still rise I still rise I might fall upon my face Or finish last in the race But I still rise I still rise I still rise I still rise every time