[Verse 1]
When the days grow cold
In this dead, gray town
All the doors stay closed
Silence breaks the sound of your heartbeat
You're just nineteen, feeling old

[Chorus]
Rise up
Reach up to the sun 'til we drop
Rise up
Never going down, down, down, don't stop
Rise up
Lift your eyes and climb to the top
Rise up
Together

[Verse 2]
Winter turns to spring
All our friends are gone
When the church bells start to ring
No one comes to sing in the choir
Holding flowers no one brings

[Chorus]
Rise up
Reach up to the sun 'til we drop
Rise up
Never going down, down, down, don't stop
Rise up
Lift your eyes and climb to the top
Rise up
Together
[Verse 3]
There's a place I know
Where us misfits go
In the candlelight at night
Black roses grow through the darkness
On our journey to the light

[Chorus]
Rise up
Reach up to the sun 'til we drop
Rise up
Never going down, down, down, don't stop
Rise up
Lift your eyes and climb to the top
Rise up
Together
Rise up, oh, rise