You Lifted Me Up

Intro

ooh-ooh, ah-ah

(mmm) yeah, uh-huh

Verse

I fell so far, a huge hole under my feet

cold dirt on my palms, silence like a weight

every mirror told me no, every door looked small

I learned the shape of doubt, how it kept me awake

but then you came—tight coat, inked skin like a map

dark eyes holding midnight, wings pressed to your back

you knelt on the edge, you didn't ask for reasons

you just reached, and the world started to crack

Pre-chorus

hands like a promise, fingers that knew my name

tattoos that hummed stories I couldn't name (couldn't name)

you said, "breathe slow, baby, I won't let you fall"

and when you smiled, I touched my own small flame (my flame)

Chorus

You lifted me up, lifted me up (oh-oh) — yeah

You lifted me up, lifted me up (oh-oh) — uh-huh

From a huge hole to a place I barely knew

You taught me how to say I can, I can do

You lifted me up, lifted me up (ooh-ooh)

You lifted me up, lifted me up (ooh-ooh)

Dark-eyed boy with wings and ink, you pulled me through

Verse

Your tattoos were maps of places you survived

silver lines and tiny stars where you kept the night alive

wings folded like a secret, then you opened them slow

carved a path of air so I could learn to go

you held my wrists like a truth I hadn't learned to keep

told me my edges mattered, told me I could leap

the hole turned into steps, the steps turned into breath

and every scared sound inside me found a rest

Pre-chorus

you whispered (yeah) — not a miracle, just steady hands

you said believe in the feeling, not the lesson plans (not the plans)

so I practiced saying yes to doors I used to close

I practiced walking toward the light you chose (you chose)

Chorus

You lifted me up, lifted me up (oh-oh) — yeah

You lifted me up, lifted me up (oh-oh) — uh-huh

From a huge hole to a place I barely knew

You taught me how to say I can, I can do

You lifted me up, lifted me up (na-na)

You lifted me up, lifted me up (na-na)

Dark-eyed boy with wings and ink, you pulled me through

Bridge

Tattooed hands, wing-tips like a compass (like a compass)

you showed me the edge and how to cross it (how to cross it)

said my limits were lines, not prisons — watch me redraw

you named my fear and I learned to shake it off (shake it off)

oh-oh, oh-oh, ah-ah (watch me rise)

oh-oh, oh-oh, ah-ah (watch me fly)

Chorus

You lifted me up, lifted me up (ooh-ooh) — yeah

You lifted me up, lifted me up (ooh-ooh) — uh-huh

From a huge hole to a place I barely knew

You taught me how to say I can, I can do

You lifted me up, lifted me up (oh-oh)

You lifted me up, lifted me up (oh-oh)

Dark-eyed boy with wings and ink, you pulled me through