Rise Up Through It All

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Some roads wind through the darkest nights Where the broken learn to stand You hold on tight when the world falls apart With a trembling, steady hand Twenty-eight years walking side by side Through the storms you couldn't plan [Chorus] So rise up, Debbie, rise up tall Let the tears become your strength Love don't end, it just transforms It carries you the length Of every mile, every heavy road Rise up through it all [Verse 2] A boy named Ross with his daddy's heart Born on a golden October day He built things with his calloused hands Had that stubborn, fearless way New Orleans took him far from home And the phone went silent one cruel day [Chorus] So rise up, Debbie, rise up tall Let the tears become your strength Love don't end, it just transforms It carries you the length Of every mile, every heavy road Rise up through it all [Bridge] They sent him home in a box to Ohio Your beautiful boy, just twenty-five But you picked up those books and you studied the pages And you proved to this world you're alive [Verse 3] Now you wear those scrubs like armor, Debbie Healing strangers with your hands Your daughter needs your steady fire Your husband understands Ross is watching from a higher place Proud of every step you take You didn't pass that test to sit and cry You passed it for the lives you'll save [Chorus] So rise up, Debbie, rise up tall Let the tears become your strength Love don't end, it just transforms It carries you the length Of every mile, every heavy road Rise up through it all [Outro] For Ross, for love, for all God's creatures Big and small, you carry on