I'm staring at stars tonight I've fallen in mid-flight Dropped in a moment from the sky Another mistaken path Now I'm covered in dirt and grass Born of the earth am I You say I fly in search of storms You're not entirely wrong I hear the church bells Sunday morning Lonely their song They ride the wind a gentle friend To all that breaks and dies I broke my wings and now they sing for me To rise You see me the way you must Say I'm candid and dangerous You say you want light, not fire It's hardly the way to live To be sorry for what you give Apologies have made me so tired You chase your dreams, who'd believe You'd be stung and struck down It breaks your will until you don't know how You'll rise We're sisters of wind and storm We're waiting to be reborn But let's not give in this time So don't blame me for what's not there Or try to tame my tangled hair Or take all the fight from inside me But take my hand let's pray for hope Let's make a whole new God Get up and walk let's shed the talk Of all that we're not The strength in me sometimes she bleeds Sometimes she wants to die Sometimes she falls and falls again, but then She'll rise I'm waking up I'm shaking off These tired old ways And I say to the world, I'm no girl I'm all grown up these days And all the violence, all the rage And all the reasons to cry All that life is, oh it's calling me To rise