The Rising

Verse 1

Nineteen thousand

Pounding in my chest like a drum

Ready

Heavy

Feet leave the pavement

Tearing through the afternoon sun

Chorus

It is the rush that I needed

It is the rush that I needed

Nineteen thousand ways to feel alive

Nineteen thousand ways to feel alive

Broken free from the hollow

Watching all the shadows dive

Verse 2

Stunned

Silver

Solid

Lungs full of fire

Everything is finally loud

I am loud

I am loud

Running through the static

Kicking up a heavy golden cloud

Ripped the map apart

Nothing left to follow anymore

Chorus

It is the rush that I needed

It is the rush that I needed

Nineteen thousand ways to feel alive

Nineteen thousand ways to feel alive

Broken free from the hollow

Watching all the shadows dive

Bridge

Maybe I was waiting

Maybe I was fading

Maybe I was just asleep

No more secrets to keep

No more secrets to keep

The count is rising

The joy is rising

It never stops

Guitar Solo

Chorus

It is the rush that I needed

It is the rush that I needed

Nineteen thousand ways to feel alive

Nineteen thousand ways to feel alive

Broken free from the hollow

Watching all the shadows dive

Post-Chorus

Alive

Alive

Nineteen thousand times

Alive

Alive

Nineteen thousand times

Outro

Counting it up

All the way up

Nineteen thousand

Joy

Joy

Joy