| This ain’t a fairytale,
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| There’s no way to tip the scales
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| For each win, I seem to fail
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| That’s the way it goes
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| Sometimes I ain’t that tough
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| And my best ain’t good enough
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| When I try and shake it off
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| Still I hit that low
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| But the more that it hurts me The more I keep on I reach down inside me And I know I’ll overcome
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| If I lose my strength,
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| If I’m hanging by a thread
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| If I’m going under,
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| I raise up Just like a river flowing,
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| I bend but never broken
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| In time, every cloud disappears like smoke
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| And when my edge is closer
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| And I’m slowly going over
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| Those things won’t bring me down
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| When I’m up against the ropes
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| The more that you stop me The faster I run
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| It’s never that easy
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| But I know I’ll overcome
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| If I fall from grace
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| If I’m feeling out of place
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| When I’m trying so hard to get there
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| I raise up I raise up, up, up, up, up, up, up I raise up, up, up I raise up I raise up, up, up, up, up, up, up I raise up, up, up |
| I raise up Just like a river flowing
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| I bend but never broken
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| In time, every cloud disappears like smoke
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| If I lose my strength,
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| If I’m hanging by a thread
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| If I’m going under
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| I raise up If I lose my strength,
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| If I’m hanging by a thread
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| If I’m going under
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| I raise up If I fall from grace
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| If I’m feeling out of place
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| When I’m trying so hard to get there
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| I raise up I raise up, up, up, up, up, up, up I raise up, up, up I raise up I raise up, up, up, up, up, up, up I raise up, up, up |
| I raise up If I lose my shade
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| If I’m going under, yeah
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| I raise up Well, if I fall from grace
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| When I’m feeling out of place
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| Yeah, I raise up |