Rise Up Together

This was the first song I wrote in the summer of 2025. I was feeling deeply discouraged about the direction things were heading. When I looked around at my friends and acquaintances, I saw the same heaviness in them, a shared sense of despair. It’s in those darkest times, when we feel isolated and afraid that we need each other most. To laugh. To cry. But above all to fight, for ourselves and for each other.

Verse
In the darkness where fear awaits we gather
hand in hand we gather, we are not alone
In the darkness where doubts arise, we gather 
in joyful hope we gather, we are not alone 

Chorus 
Together we can face the storm
Together we are strong
My freedom’s bound with yours
Yours is bound with mine
Together, we will rise, leaving fear behind

Verse
In this world where hate seems to consume us
side by side we gather, we are not alone 
In this world where ignorance runs deep
Fear will not control us, we are not alone 

Verse
In the darkness where fear resides we gather 
hand in hand we gather, we are not alone
In this world where hate seems to consume us
side by side we gather , we are not alone