Lyric

The day comes wearing dust on its sleeves

I shake it off slow, let the hard parts leave

In the glass of my chest, a small fire stays

Not a blaze that burns out, just a steady shade

I carry my name through the crowd of hours

Like seed in the palm after heavy rains and towers

Somewhere in the noise, my breath finds ground

And the bruise in my mind starts turning around

Oh, I bend, but I don’t break

I close my eyes, then I make space

Oh, the weight can change its shape

When I let the hurting drift away

Keep me here

Keep me near

Evening under my skin

I rise again

I rise again

Even when the dark sets in

Hold that flame

Say my name

Let the whole wide circle sing

I rise again

I rise again

And I come back healing

In the long red thread of the workday’s grind

I trade my ache for a patient mind

Hands full of the world, heart full of rain

Still I find a soft light moving through the strain

And when your eyes meet mine like a quiet vow

The room turns gold in the middle somehow

We don’t need crowns, just a place to stay

Two warm shadows learning the shape of day

Oh, I bend, but I don’t break

I make a doorway out of the ache

Oh, the weight can change its shape

When I let the hurting drift away

Keep me here

Keep me near

Evening under my skin

I rise again

I rise again

Even when the dark sets in

Hold that flame

Say my name

Let the whole wide circle sing

I rise again

I rise again

And I come back healing

For the ones who are growing through the storm

For the ones who are tired, still standing warm

For the ones who love in a crowded room

For the ones who keep blooming through the bruise

I am not the crack in the glass

I am the light that can pass

Through every fault, through every fear

I’m still here

Mm, still here

Mm, still here

Keep me here

Keep me near

Evening under my skin

I rise again

I rise again

Even when the dark sets in

Hold that flame

Say my name

Let the whole wide circle sing

I rise again

I rise again

And I come back healing

Keep me here

Keep me near

Evening under my skin

I rise again

I rise again

And I come back healing