Intro Hook (chant – filtered vocal)

Intro Hook (chant – filtered vocal) We rise, we rise Through the dark, through the light Verse 1 I pressed my hand to the broken stone Felt a new breath fill my bones Every secret buried in dust Every promise turned to rust You said, “Don’t face this storm alone” I said, “I’m done with the lies I’ve known” In the dark where the old fears sleep That’s where the heart runs deep Pre-Chorus (lift) Hear the thunder in the sky Hear the truth they can’t deny All the walls we built from fear Watch them disappear Chorus (Loud) This is Ashlight Rising Fire in the silence Born from the shadows Now we stand defiant Let the old world shatter Let the dead dreams fall We are waking, waking To the truth inside us all Ashlight Rising Ashlight Rising Verse 2 They dressed our doubts in holy chains Taught us how to hide our names Said the future wasn’t ours to hold Left our spirits cold But you touched the sleeping part of me Showed me what my eyes couldn’t see Now the ground remembers who we are Brighter than a scar Pre-Chorus (shorter) Hear the mountains start to hum Hear a different dawn to come Every chain they ever made Turning into flame Bridge (half-time / breakdown) Not a weapon Not a throne Not the fate we never chose We are more than what they said More than every tear we shed If the night begins to break We will rise — we will awake (beat cuts, whispered) We rise… we rise… Final Chorus (Loud) This is Ashlight Rising Lightning in our breathing We were made for something Stronger than believing Let the old world shatter Let the false walls fall We are waking, waking To the truth inside us all Ashlight Rising Ashlight Rising Outro (soft drop) Through the dark Through the fight We rise Into light