"Rise Up" lyrics
The Cast of The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry & Passenger Lyrics
(from "The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry" soundtrack)
Let us tell you a tale of a man we know
Who sleeps through woken eyes
A man too sad for laughter
And too ashamed to cry
A man who's scared of living
So he steals away and hides
The tale I tell's the story
Of sad old Harold Fry
His mother left when he was young
His father loved the drink
He left his home at age sixteen
Alone and on the brink
He worked away his adult life
Blunting like a kitchen knife
He couldn't reach his son, his wife
Would slowly start to sink
Now every day is like the last
And like the one before
He sits and watches life go past
Like shadows on the wall
The years have gone so fast
It's like they never came at all
Oh, Harold, won't you wake up
And hear our distant call
To rise and see the sun in the sky
Look up and see the birds flying high
Look out and see the trees dancing in the breeze
Oh, Harold, don't let the world pass you by
Go out and taste the world on your tongue
Go out and feel the air in your lungs
Go bask in nature's beauty, Harold, it's your duty
To break free from this wreck you've become (Break Free!)
Like a phoenix rising up from the ashes
Like a phoenix rising from the flames
Go dance out in the rain and the storm
Go see just how it feels to be born
Go spinning free and tumbling and feel your prison crumbling
Around suburbia's walls
Like a phoenix rising up from the ashes
Like a phoenix rising from the flames
Like a phoenix rising up from the ashes
Like a phoenix rising from the flames
(Rise up, rise up) Break free
(Rise up, rise up) Break free
(Rise up, rise up) Rise up
Who sleeps through woken eyes
A man too sad for laughter
And too ashamed to cry
A man who's scared of living
So he steals away and hides
The tale I tell's the story
Of sad old Harold Fry
His mother left when he was young
His father loved the drink
He left his home at age sixteen
Alone and on the brink
He worked away his adult life
Blunting like a kitchen knife
He couldn't reach his son, his wife
Would slowly start to sink
Now every day is like the last
And like the one before
He sits and watches life go past
Like shadows on the wall
The years have gone so fast
It's like they never came at all
Oh, Harold, won't you wake up
And hear our distant call
To rise and see the sun in the sky
Look up and see the birds flying high
Look out and see the trees dancing in the breeze
Oh, Harold, don't let the world pass you by
Go out and taste the world on your tongue
Go out and feel the air in your lungs
Go bask in nature's beauty, Harold, it's your duty
To break free from this wreck you've become (Break Free!)
Like a phoenix rising up from the ashes
Like a phoenix rising from the flames
Go dance out in the rain and the storm
Go see just how it feels to be born
Go spinning free and tumbling and feel your prison crumbling
Around suburbia's walls
Like a phoenix rising up from the ashes
Like a phoenix rising from the flames
Like a phoenix rising up from the ashes
Like a phoenix rising from the flames
(Rise up, rise up) Break free
(Rise up, rise up) Break free
(Rise up, rise up) Rise up
