Open my eyes and a new day dawns

Stare at the ceiling till my senses make some sense of this

The roar of traffic from the bypass

747 shakes the windows on a flypast

Dirty plates in the kitchen sink

Yesterday's dinner, empty bottles, and a last demand

This cannot stand

I wiped the slate clean, I didn't think twice

Arise, I get a grip of myself

Arise, I can't be anybody else

They'll say you lose, but it's not true if you want to get higher

Arise, don't think about it

I close my ears to the voices that just hold you back

Open my heart to the endless possibilities

I changed the channel from the cynics and the hate

I stepped outside, felt the sun on my face

Arise, I get a grip of myself

Arise, I can't be anybody else

They'll say you lose, but it's not true if you want to get higher

Arise, don't think about it

Arise

Arise

Arise

Arise

I love the smell of the Earth in the springtime

It's all potential, full of promise of what's yet to come

I feel like standing on a hilltop

My arms wide open, hear the crash of every raindrop

In every city, in every street

Up from the cracks grows a flower through the concrete

And from the Thames to the Mersey to the Clyde

I drink to love and no more wasted lives

Arise

Arise

Arise

Arise, I get a grip of myself

Up from heartache, up from doubt

Arise, I can't be anybody else

It's now or never, apply some pressure

They'll say you lose, but it's not true if you want to get higher

Arise, don't think about it

Up from lies, up from fake

Don't think about it

Up from prejudice, up from hate

Don't think about it

Up from lies, up from fake

Don't think about it

Up from prejudice, up from hate

Up from lies, up from fake

Up from prejudice, up from hate