Lyrics
[Intro - soft lead vocal, distant sustained female choir underneath] [Lead] I woke beneath a sky of grey With all the words I couldn't say Another night, another fight With everything I keep inside [Verse 1 - intimate lead, very soft wordless choir underneath] I tried to bury what I knew But every road came back to you And every scar I tried to hide Still leaves a shadow on my mind [Pre-Chorus - lead remains continuous, choir gradually building underneath] [Lead] Maybe I'm too scared to know Maybe you're too scared to show Everything we kept inside Was slowly pulling us apart [Choir - sustained underneath] Ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh [Chorus - powerful continuous lead with choir singing simultaneously underneath] [Lead] Still I rise When the darkness calls me under [Choir underneath] Ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh [Lead] Still I rise When I feel the whole world pull me down [Choir underneath] Still I rise Still I rise [Lead] I won't disappear I won't surrender [Choir underneath] Ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh [Lead] Even when I'm terrified I'll face the fire And still I rise [Full Choir underneath final line] Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise [Verse 2 - intimate lead, choir softly sustaining underneath] I used to think that falling meant I'd failed That every scar was proof that I was frail But now I see the places where I broke Were where the light found ways to reach my soul [Lead] I don't need to become somebody new I only need to find the strength to be true And if tomorrow brings another storm I'll meet it as the person I've become [Choir underneath] Ooh-ahh Ooh-ahh [Pre-Chorus - lead continuous, choir gradually becomes fuller] [Lead] Maybe I was too afraid Maybe you were tired of waiting We were standing side by side But somehow worlds apart [Choir underneath] Ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh Worlds apart [Chorus - soaring lead remains dominant while choir sings simultaneously] [Lead] Still I rise When the darkness calls me under [Choir underneath] Still I rise Ahh-ahh [Lead] Still I rise When I feel the whole world pull me down [Choir underneath] Still I rise Pull me down [Lead] I won't disappear I won't surrender [Choir underneath] Ahh-ahh I won't surrender [Lead] Even when I'm terrified I'll face the fire And still I rise [Full Choir underneath] Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise [Bridge - stripped lead vocal, choir extremely soft underneath] [Lead] If I fall Let me fall I have learned to face the ground [Choir underneath] Ahh-ahh [Lead] If I break Let me break I know I can rebuild somehow [Choir underneath] Ahh-ahh Rebuild somehow [Bridge Build - lead continues while choir progressively expands] [Lead] I am more than every failure More than every goodbye More than all the nights I spent Afraid to even try [Choir underneath] More than every failure More than every goodbye Ahh-ahh Ahh-ahh [Final Chorus - enormous continuous lead with full choir singing simultaneously underneath throughout] [Lead] Still I rise When the darkness calls me under [Full Choir underneath] Still I rise Still I rise [Lead] Still I rise When I feel the whole world pull me down [Full Choir underneath] Still I rise Still I rise [Lead] I won't disappear I won't surrender [Full Choir underneath] I won't surrender Ahh-ahh [Lead] Even when I'm terrified I'll face the fire I'll face the fire And still I rise [Full Choir] Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise Still I rise [Outro - lead softens, choir sustains underneath] [Lead] Still I rise... [Choir] Ahh-ahh... [Lead] Still I rise... [Choir] Ahh-ahh...