It's been a rough morning, in fact it's been a rough week The sky is blue but I don't hear you calling me And I missed this train, I didn't even hear it pull into the station And now I'm waiting all alone in my shame You asked me over to sing a few I said, can't, I've got a job to do And I felt that familiar nothingness coming through What is it that keeps me frozen even when it's warm outside What is it that keeps me down when I'm supposed to fly I'm supposed to fly See there's old blood coursing through me From the lives that have gone before me And it slows me down now and then And despair built my bones And fear forged my flesh But there's a warrior's spirit somewhere in here too And the truth is that life has always terrified me But dying empty always terrified me more It terrifies me more, yeah And I know how to make friends with other people But I haven't yet learned how to make friends with myself So I play music to fill that space in me And I know the earth has birthed a place for me And it's the heart that we've got to pay mind to Or we may find ourselves where we ain't supposed to be And sometimes I can't see beyond my own eyes But I know inside that I'm gonna rise up I'm gonna rise up, yeah I'm gonna rise up, yeah I'm gonna rise up