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Composer: Hannah Tombley (Rise Up); Tess Sundhausen (Just Keep Running); Deb Busch (I'm Not Silent Anymore)

Arranger: Adam Mannes

Publication: No Information Available at this Time

Duration: 5:39 (Rise Up); 3:08 (Just Keep Running); 4:59 (I'm Not Silent Anymore)

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Program Notes:

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Score Sample:

 

Voicing:

SSA (Rise Up); SSAA (Just Keep Running); SSA with Soloists (I'm Not Silent Anymore)

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Accompaniment:

Piano - can add other instruments such as guitar, bass, or ukulele for additional accompaniment as in our recordings (Rise Up, Just Keep Running, I'm Not Silent Anymore)

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Themes:

​Love, Empowerment, Confidence

 

Lyrics:

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Hannah Tombley

Rise Up
You found me in the corner,
With my head held down.

You found me on the ground,

And I had lost my sound.

Lost and afraid, I was terrified,

Too terrified to fight.

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And you said, "Walk with me and you'll be okay ---

We'll get you through another day."

I said, "Walk with me and you'll be okay.

We'll get you through another day."

I said, "I'll rise up and I'll show you ---

I'll show you how I'll get through.

I will rise up and I'll show you ---

I'll show you how I'll get through."

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Because I'm stronger than you think,

I'm so much more than my pain.

And I'm stronger than my shame.

I won't let it throw me away.

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I am stronger than you think.

I'm so much stronger than my pain.

I am stronger than you think.

That's how I got here today.

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I don't hide in the corner anymore.

I found I can win this war.

I found myself in new armor.

I found myself so much stronger.

Not afraid of the darkness.

Not terrified of what's in store.

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Cuz I'll rise up and I'll show you ---

I'll show you how I'll get through.

I will rise up and I'll show you ---

I'll show you how I'll get through.

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Because I'm stronger than you think,

I'm so much more than my pain.

And I'm stronger than my shame.

I won't let it throw me away.

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I am stronger than you think,

I'm so much stronger than my pain.

I am stronger than you think.

That's how I got here today.

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Tess Sundhausen
Just Keep Running
Lacing up shoes,

Heading out the door.

Picking out music,

Running playlist on.

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Take a deep breath,

Here we go.

Get muscles going,

Hearing my song.

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First steps, finding my rhythm.

That's where my thoughts fade.

Beats in my step,

Beats in my heart.

With each beat a journey paved.

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Chorus:

Even though I can't see home,

Just keep running.

And the Uphill's steep ---

Just keep running.

Road is uncertain.

Just keep running.

And I'm in too deep ---

Just keep running with me.

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No one said it would be easy.

Don't be ashamed and hide your scars.

Through the rain, through the cold,

Through the struggle,

Your perseverance will take you far.

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When I feel I can't go further,

I know I never run alone.

Sometimes from my strength,

Sometimes from yours,

I know together we can make it home.

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Deb Busch
I'm Not Silent Anymore
I had no voice,

Always hearing "You can't," "You need to."

Being told I'm worthless,

There isn't anything I'd amount to.

I believed those lies.

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Spent too many years

Letting people run over me.

I was shy, never saying how I felt;

Missing my happiness, worrying about theirs.

So much time pleasing everyone else.

I don't do that anymore.

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Chorus:

I've found my voice.

I'm not silent anymore,

Hear me now;

Singing from my core.

Saying: I'm not afraid ---

I feel whole.

I am worthy --- an empowered soul.

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I can't change anyone else,

I can only change me.

I'm done with the negative

Adding the positive.

I needed confidence just to feel okay,

I knew it had to start from me.

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I forgave for me --- not for them.

If I'm living in the past, I can't move forward.

I'm living for now,

I had to let them go.

I felt weak, I couldn't say how I felt,

And now I need you to know

I'm stronger now.

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