Still I Try

[Verse ]

I see the shadows behind their smiles

The secrets buried under style

I’ve read the pages they try to burn

And still I stay, still I learn

I walk through cities soaked in pain

Where kindness rusts like iron rain

But every wound I touch, I feel

Could someday scar—and someday heal

[Pre-Chorus]

What kind of fool believes in light

While standing knee-deep in the night

[Chorus]

But I still rise again, still hope again,

Though I’ve seen what lives in hearts of men.

I don’t wear capes, I don’t wear crowns,

But I bend to lift those falling down.

My superpower’s staying when all flee—

To light a match where none can see.

My power’s not that I don’t cry—

It’s that I do, and still I try.

[Verse ]

Does kindness matter in a storm,

When cruelty’s become the norm

You face the storm with nothing but skin,

And pray the cracks will let light in.

You walk through hell and call it grace—

That’s how you change the human race.

[Verse ]

Can one heart shift a world so cold,

Or is that lie just something old

One spark can warm a thousand hands,

One truth can rise from broken lands.

I’m not the fire, just the flame—

That keeps on whispering your name.

[Verse ]

Why fight a fight you’ll never win,

When shadows laugh and crawl within

Because I’ve learned what light can do,

When no one else believes it’s true.

I’m not the cure—but I begin—

The song that dares to breathe again.

[Chorus]

But I still rise again, still hope again,

Though I’ve seen what lives in hearts of men.

I don’t wear capes, I don’t wear crowns,

But I bend to lift those falling down.

My superpower’s staying when all flee—

To light a match where none can see.

My power’s not that I don’t cry—

It’s that I do, and still I try.

[Verse ]

What use is hope inside a cage,

When rage is louder than a sage

Hope’s not soft—it’s battle-worn.

It walks through fire and keeps you warm.

It's every breath that won’t give in—

The rebel soul beneath the skin.

[Verse ]

If all the world is cracked and cruel,

Why live by some outdated rule

Because there’s beauty in the bruised,

And strength in choosing not to lose.

My power’s staying soft, not mean—

The gentle ones are most unseen.

[Verse ]

Do heroes weep or stay composed

When faced with evil, undisclosed

They weep—but still they lift the stone,

Still heal the wounds they’ve never known.

The strongest ones are those who break—

And still create simply for kindness’ sake.

[Chorus]

But I still rise again, still hope again,

Though I’ve seen what lives in hearts of men.

I don’t wear capes, I don’t wear crowns,

But I bend to lift those falling down.

My superpower’s staying when all flee—

To light a match where none can see.

My power’s not that I don’t cry—

It’s that I do, and still I try.

[Verse ]

How do you smile when all you’ve known

Are shards that dig into the bone

I don’t pretend the pain’s not real,

I carry it, then help it heal.

My gift is bearing what they hide—

And walking still, though torn inside.

[Verse ]

Why don’t you quit when no one sees

The battle fought on wounded knees

Because the dark has taught me well

To find my strength inside the shell.

I’m not the hero they expect—

But I’m the light they don’t detect.

[Bridge]

You want to break me I’ve been broke

And built a kingdom out of smoke

My power’s not what you can see—

It’s what survives inside of me

[Chorus]

But I still rise again, still hope again,

Though I’ve seen what lives in hearts of men.

I don’t wear capes, I don’t wear crowns,

But I bend to lift those falling down.

My superpower’s staying, when all flee—

To light a match where none can see.

My power’s not that I don’t cry—

It’s that I do, and still I try.

[Outro]

So call me foolish, call me blind

But I believe in humankind

Still I rise—

Still I rise—

Still I try… again.