Rise Inside

You tried to bury me
But I was the dirt that shook
I've walked through storms they said I'd drown in
Chained by doubts that weren't mine

But even when I cracked apart
Something deeper held the line
You don't break what's still burning
You just shape it in the flame

And I've grown too tired of silence
To ever kneel again
I rise inside, no chains remain
I'm the thunder in the rain

Let the world come crashing down
I'll rebuild from broken ground
I rise inside, this fire is mine
From the ruins I define

Not who I was
But who I choose to be
I've been told to stay in line
To shrink, to dim, to hide

But my truth doesn't ask permission
It roars and comes alive
No more fear of being too loud
Too real, too much, too raw

I was made to carry thunder
Not to fit inside their law
I rise inside, no chains remain
I'm the thunder in the rain

Let the world come crashing down
I'll rebuild from broken ground
I rise inside, this fire is mine
From the ruins I define

Not who I was
But who I choose to be
You wanted silence
You got the storm

You tried to end me
Now I transform
I rise inside, no chains remain
I'm the thunder in the rain

Let the world come crashing down
I'll rebuild from broken ground
I rise inside, this fire is mine
From the ruins I define

Not who I was
But who I choose to be
I rise