Rise Up
words & music (c) matt ralph 2019
When I’m strung out, out of my body,
And yesterday is just a blur,
When today is just a race,
And tomorrow’s already over,
I want to break free and make time,
Take my self out for an hour,
And though it might test me in the break line,
It’s in there that I feel the power,
And when my mind just can’t think clearly,
And my heart won’t seem to rest,
And my struggles seem never ending,
And in my own home I feel like a guest,
I need to break free and see that,
I have something to give,
And I can set things in motion and I can feel that,
When the waves rise up and lift
Rise up rise up rise
When I’m out on the ocean,
And my troubles I’ve left behind,
Well I look back to shore and I see them,
But they’re only half of their size,
And I wish I could stay there forever,
But I know that it has its time,
And it’s not that I want to surrender,
It’s just that I don’t want to fight,
I want to rise up, rise up, rise