Higher Ground

[Verse 1] Woke up with my back against the cold linoleum floor Rent slip on the table, weighing more than I could hold But somewhere down the hallway there's a woman softly humming An old song her grandmother sang when the winter got too cold [Pre-Chorus] And it lifts me, one inch at a time Off the ground I've been crawling on Something's carrying what I couldn't carry alone [Chorus] Take me up where the ceiling turns to open sky Take me up till these tired knees remember how to climb I don't need to see the top to know it's calling out my name Higher, higher, I'm rising all the same [Verse 2] Papa used to say the well runs deeper than the drought Faith ain't what you hold, boy, it's the hand that pulls you out Now I'm standing on the corner where I used to lose my breath And the same old crooked streetlight looks like morning breaking through [Pre-Chorus] And it lifts me, one inch at a time Off the ground I've been crawling on Something's carrying what I couldn't carry alone [Chorus] Take me up where the ceiling turns to open sky Take me up till these tired knees remember how to climb I don't need to see the top to know it's calling out my name Higher, higher, I'm rising all the same [Bridge] (ooh) I used to count my losses like they told the whole truth Now I count the quiet mercies leaking through the roof Every step I thought I climbed alone (alone) Was a hand beneath me all along (all along) [Chorus] Take me up where the ceiling turns to open sky (yeah) Take me up till these tired knees remember how to climb I don't need to see the top to know it's calling out my name Higher, higher, I'm rising all the same [Outro] (higher) One inch at a time (higher) I'm leaving that floor behind (ooh) Same old song, brand new light Rising, rising, all the same