[Intro – whispered, woozy, vinyl crackle] they think I'm quiet they think I'm still but something old is sharpening still [Verse 1 – smoky gravelly contralto, restrained, floating] They mistook my calm for a surrender flag mistook my patience for a hand they'd never grab but I've been forging something under all this skin no armor on the outside — my warrior's within [Pre-chorus – building, tension rising] You can bend me, I won't break you'll learn the difference, I would bet I know exactly who I am and I'm not done — not yet — [Chorus – powerful, belted, full and forceful, distorted drop] THERE'S A WARRIOR IN ME won't be broken, won't be bought every scar's a war I fought I WAS BUILT TO RISE I WAS BUILT TO RISE [Verse 2 – back to smoky gravelly contralto, woozy, half-time] I don't fight for spoils, I don't fight for the applause I fight because I know which line I'd never cross they can flood the world with reasons I should fold but a quiet kind of conviction don't get sold [Pre-chorus – more urgent] So come and test the ground I'm on you'll find the roots go all the way down I am soft until I'm steel and then I hold — I hold my ground — [Chorus – powerful, belted, soaring and forceful, full band hits] THERE'S A WARRIOR IN ME won't be broken, won't be bought every scar's a war I fought I WAS BUILT TO RISE I WAS BUILT TO RISE [Bridge – drop to near silence, breath only, slow build] (breathe) the strength... was never given the strength... was a choice every morning I decide it every morning I find my voice they thought the silence meant I'd kneel — it was just me drawing steel [Final chorus – second payoff, biggest, belted with full conviction, walls of sound] THERE'S A WARRIOR IN ME and she answers when I call I will stand for what I love I WILL NOT — WILL NOT — FALL I WAS BUILT TO RISE I WAS BUILT TO RISE [Outro – woozy, fading, smoky contralto, vinyl crackle returns] not the end of the fight — the start of it watch me walk in watch me walk in
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