the red sun it shines down on her face and she's calm 
and she knows cause she chose 
now its time she must go 
and she's scared but aware she's prepared does she dare 
face the fear and the shame with no one here to blame 
she has waited so long she has begged she has prayed 
on her knees as they bleed cause she wants to be free 
with no guilt and no lies and she feels it inside 
and so fierce is the fire of her burning desire. 

she surrenders its time the last kiss was goodbye 
in the silence she knows she will walk this alone 
and [bad word] and she'll hide and she'll fall and she'll cry 
in the pain is the change as she's shifting the shape 
of her life black is white in the dark deep below 
cause the [bad word] is the shadow that's under the stone 
she'll fight on till she's done with no turning around 
making peace with her soul 
cause [bad word] back home 

the hero will rise 
she will survive 
and you will remember 
the look in her eye 
the hero will rise 
the hero will rise 
she will... survive. 

on her own in the dark and her grip she has lost 
and the time [bad word] toxic the wait is long 
and her mind it is screaming and her body it thaws 
but then love will remember 
the heart beats on 

the hero will rise 
she will survive 
and you will remember 
the look in her eye 

the hero will rise 
she will survive 
and you'll never forget it 
the look in her eye 
the hero will rise 
the hero will rise 
she will...survive. 

she will survive 
I will survive.