Rise
By Contessa
Directed by Krista Carroll
Arranged by Keith McCauley
Words and music by Sara Cenatiempo
Contessa is proud to present Rise by Sara Cenatiempo, a self-publish singer/songwriter, from a 10 year Cantus family! This song is a powerful message about overcoming life’s hardest challenges and the strength that can come from putting on foot in front of the other.
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Featuring
Morgan Morrison, Callie Odom, Kayla McCauley, Lucy Johnson, Dylan Blair, Kinsely Wardle, Ella Hessing, Natalie Walker
Ensemble
Aleah Salyards, Sage McCallister, Eva Fales, Janie Loertscher, Remi Stull, Ellie Gresham
Contessa is Cantus Youth Choirs’ all treble junior varsity ensemble. Contessa combines harmonies and instrumental accompaniments for inspirational performances. Cantus Youth Choirs is a non-profit community youth program for 8-18 year old youth of Idaho’s Boise area. To learn more about Cantus Youth Choirs, please visit cantusyouthchoirs.com.
Credits
Words and Music by Sara Cenatiempo
OPB Sara Cenatiempo and Kate Starita
Instrumental recording by Jason Ringlestetter at The Tonic Room
Videography by Heather Walker
Audio mixing and mastering by Keith McCauley
Video editing by Keith McCauley
Instrumentalists
Nanette Jensen and KeAndra Harris, violin
Ethan Jensen, viola
Elijah King, cello
Nick McCain, double bass
Michael Seifrit, bass
Keith McCauley, piano
Jason Ringlestetter, drums
Lyrics
The dirt is cold the pain is hot.
He took all that I got
Left me in pieces in a broken home.
I just wanna be left alone.
Shattered bones, shattered heart.
I try to live but fall apart.
How can I be, just a shadow of me?
‘Cause there’s nothing left to hold.
The mem’ry haunts me like a ghost at night.
It grips my throat, I can’t breathe.
And just when the darkness almost takes me away
I hear myself say:
I will rise.
Put one foot in front of the other,
my grip is firm despite the trouble.
With open eyes.
The vultures think that they can trick me
but I can see through their disguise.
I will rise, I will rise.
Am I stil whole, am I still right?
The question troubles me at night.
Ev’ryone watches like they know me at all,
But they don’t know it all.
The mem’ry haunts me like a ghost at night.
It grips my throat, I can’t breathe.
And just when the darkness almost takes me away
I hear myself say:
I will rise.
Put one foot in front of the other,
my grip is firm despite the trouble.
With open eyes.
The vultures think that they can trick me
but I can see through their disguise.
I will rise, I will rise.
My whole life I’ve been a fighter.
Raging bulls, I am the rider.
The nightmares may come,
but they won’t bring me down.
I’ve always been an outsider,
had to hold on a little tighter.
The storms have come and they’ve gone.
I won’t go down.
My future’s already brighter.
I hear them scream, “she’s a fighter!”
The voices once in my head,
no I don’t hear a sound.
I will rise.
Put one foot in front of the other,
my grip is firm despite the trouble.
With open eyes.
The monsters think that they can shake me
but I can see through their disguise.
I will rise.
I will rise.
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