Lyrics
I came up hard through the wasted night,
low burn heart and a dangerous mind,
built from dark, from where is no light,
Didnt think I could but I made the design,
No prize, no parade, no safe way through,
just a worthless dream I dragged in you,
every miss, every fall, every stone in the way,
put the blood in the sound that I throw today.
I took the hit, I took the blame,
I kept the heat, I fed the flame,
and now the walls that held me down
shake when they hear my stolen sound.
Set it alive, set it alive,
I came back burning out of the black tonight,
hands to the sky, no asking why,
I made a fire where they swore I’d die.
This is the run, this is the climb,
this is the sound of a name in flight,
I bled for the right, now watch me rise,
set it alive, set it alive.
[Verse 2] I learned to move with a heavy load,
teeth locked tight on a shaking road,
every song was a hammer swing,
every break in the chain made the whole thing ring.
Now the noise comes back my way,
all those years don’t look so far away,
what was lost, what was cut, what was left behind,
turns loud in the chords of a voice like mine.
[Pre-Chorus] I took the weight, I wore it raw,
I kept my ground, I held my jaw,
and now the doubt that followed me
can’t stand to work in my frequency.
[Chorus] Set it alive, set it alive,
I came back burning out of the black tonight,
hands to the sky, no asking why,
I made a fire where they swore I’d die.
This is the run, this is the climb,
this is the sound of a name in flight,
I bled for the right, now watch me rise,
set it alive, set it alive.
[Bridge] All this time, all this strain,
all that pressure in my veins,
it was never there to save me,
it was there to make you free.
[Final Chorus] Set it alive, set it alive,
I came back tearing through the dark this time,
hands to the sky, now they know why,
I made a fire and I made it mine.
This is the run, this is the climb,
this is the sound of a line gone bright,
I paid the cost, I earned this light,
set it alive, set it alive.
[Outro] Set it alive.
Set it alive.