Phoenix (Rise) Lyrics

All your work in flames

No more bolt in the bow

At the end of the road

No direction home

No words to recite

Or time to recant

No skin in the fight

No voice for a rant

Pieces on the floor

Of a life lived in haste

Of a world turned inside

In a hurry to waste

You say you tried

You lived and you died

On praise that never came

And the tears that you cried

When the stakes are too high

When the chips all fall down

You're at the end of the line

You know a Phoenix never lives

Until it dies

Up from the ashes

You're reborn

From fire you rise

You've got to rise!

Trial by fire burns

Your conscience is seared

Melting excess away

Your soul is revealed

Coming clean again

After falling again

And again as you prove

You'll come clean again

No more lies to deny

You've known all along

You live, you die

Words and actions cry

For justice to be done

Consequence isn't fun

But you've been given hope

You can have a new life

You've been called

And you've been asked

Be a witness to truth

Relight the embers and rise

Remember fire purifies

And brings new life

From the ashes of your lies

Born twice to rise

You've got to rise!

You know a Phoenix never lives

Until it dies

Up from the ashes

You're reborn

From fire you rise

You've got to rise!

You've got to rise