The Iron Chest

Verse 1

Feet flat

Heavy on the red dust

I am moving

Stronger than the stiff gale blowing south

No one holds the tether now

Old ghosts

Turning back to grey salt

Leaving skin

Breaking out of cages made of clay

Finally pulling the heavy stakes up

Higher

Much higher

Than the valley floor

Chorus

Rise up

Rise up

I can see the fire

I can feel the fire

Roots digging deeper than the canyon

Rise up

Rise up

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Moving on

Oh oh oh

Verse 2

Solid iron

Deep inside my chest wall

Beat it out

Drumming on the timber of the soul

Cracking every seal today

Look now

Watch the mountain peak crumble

Watch the peak tumble

Watch the peak fall

Stepping through the doorway

Into the sun

No longer running

Facing every monster in the room

Bold blood

Hot blood

Better than the bitter cold

Chorus

Rise up

Rise up

I can see the fire

I can feel the fire

Roots digging deeper than the canyon

Rise up

Rise up

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Moving on

Oh oh oh

Bridge

Underneath the stars

I found my name

I found my truth

I found my way

Standing on the summit

Where the oxygen is thin

Where the air is clear

And the spirit can begin

Chorus

Rise up

Rise up

I can see the fire

I can feel the fire

Roots digging deeper than the canyon

Rise up

Rise up

Post-Chorus

Oh oh oh

Moving on

Oh oh oh

Outro

Keep climbing

Walking out

Still climbing

Walking out

The weight is gone