It takes a word, just a single word To start it off If it goes unheard It takes a heart, beating strong and true It takes a voice not to sing along It takes a choice when it all feels wrong When the night is dark will you hold on? Now I'm gonna rise up Gonna take to the sky love I see the road I can take or the world I can make If only I'd speak up It takes a hope when it all feels lost Carry on, though there be a cost When the water's high fight your way across Now I'm gonna rise up Gonna take to the sky love I see the road I can take or the world I can make If only I'd speak up And my heart, and my heart is on fire Light it up when the war is raging on inside Now I'm gonna rise up Gonna take to the sky love I see the road I can take or the world I can make If only I'd speak up Now I'm gonna rise up Gonna take to the sky love I see the road I can take or the world I can make If only I'd speak up