My Rise My Fall

I stood tall, and I conquered the flames
Dug my feet into the earth and brushed the waters away
And I've got a tailwind blowing through my veins
And I've got a tale to tell of how I overcame it

You see I feel alright face down in the dirt
Really finding out what it means to immerse
Growing the roots of some kind of worth
Talking 'bout a stairway to heaven in reverse

If I rise, I rise, I fall
If I rise, I rise, I fall
It's my rise, my rise, my fall
Once my feet leave the ground I'm nothing at all
Nothing at all, nothing at all

Looking down at the Grand Canyon below
Feeling the shape of that place carve its way into my soul
And I'm making my way down there slow
You know the quicker you move the less you'll know

Looking down the street at all the people walking by
While my jealous mind tries to rip me open from inside
Well there's a new kind of peace for the steadfast kind
See them angels flying over, let them leave me behind

If I rise, I rise, I fall
If I rise, I rise, I fall
It's my rise, my rise, my fall
Once my feet leave the ground I'm nothing at all
Nothing at all, nothing at all

I was once flying over the great Atlantic
When the guy in the seat next to me, he started to panic
Sitting there I wasn't able to understand it
But now I see why he was begging the pilot to land it

If I rise, I rise, I fall
If I rise, I rise, I fall
It's my rise, my rise, my fall
Once my feet leave the ground I'm nothing at all
Once my feet leave the ground I'm nothing at all