RISE (THE FIRSTS) - ORIGINAL SONG

An anthem of hope

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[Intro]

The curse

curse

Curse came from dirt then

[Verse 1]

The birth

birth

Birth of a girl who

Got short

short

Short burst of twirls in the sun

The girl

girl

Girl had a voice that

Was shushed

shushed

Shushed by the thirst and

Her world

world

Stopped on its turn and it burned

[Verse 2]

The hurt

hurt

Hurt rocked her nerves and

The pain

pain

She thought she deserved and

The dreams

dreams

Dreams that were corked were left spoiled

The curve

curve

Curve in the road took

That path

path

Path far from home put

The past

past

A past that was sowed and resoiled

[Verse 3]

The miles

the miles

Miles seemed to work and

The curse

curse

Curse—it reversed even

Nursed

nursed

Nursed back each person to new

But the worst

worst

Worst thing of all is

That time

time

Time—it got stalled and

A heart

heart

Heart—it got small as love grew

[Verse 4]

But they learned

learned

Learned to forgive when

A life

A life

Started to slip just

When us

yes, us

Started to click and unpeel

[Bridge]

The goodbye

goodbye

The flag on the hearse, now

The firsts

firsts

The firsts are the worst but

The hurt

and curse

Feel like they’ve come to a heal

[Verse 5]

I know

know

That it stopped with me and

That

that

Is our legacy we

Extract

Scatter

Replanted the seed of our tree

[Verse 6]

The root

root

Root grows from us and

The boughs

boughs

Boughs will be tough from

The sun

sun

That will shine so brightly

[Chorus]

My time

time

Time it is now and

I feel

feel

That I’m ready somehow to

Be me

me

The oyster revealing her pearl

[Verse 7]

I now

now

Now fully know that we

Needed

needed

Each other to grow so

My thanks

thanks

For helping create this new world

[Outro]

The life

life

Life I will live comes

From lessons

Transgressions

And space to forgive and

The love

love

Only unique to us two

I know

know

I’ll take you with me as

I climb

climb

Atop our tall tree and

I’ll grow

and grow

There’s no stopping me thanks to you

I’ll rise

and rise

There’s no stopping me thanks to you

I’ll be alright

There’s no stopping me thanks to you.

©Written By: Kelly Dailey

08/01/2024