Embracing Strength: Rise Like Fire

Sometimes you have to take all those feelings and rise above the storm. Such is the case when I wrote this song, “Rise Like Fire”.

Rise Like Fire

Copyright 2026 Diana Rasmussen ASCAP WRITER 3128602 IPI 610245988

[Verse 1]
Like a phoenix I will rise, rise from these ashes
Shaking off the smoke of broken pasts and scratches
Leaving all the dust behind my wounded name
Stepping through the embers, unafraid of the flame

Every scar’s a story written in the night
Every tear a spark that taught my heart to fight
Out of suffering the strongest souls are born
Through the longest nights we’re forged before the dawn

[Pre-Chorus]
In the shadows I found light
In my weakness I found might

[Chorus]
I will rise like fire, higher and higher
Leaving yesterday behind
For a brighter future I’ll find
Through the smoke and through the pain
I am stronger in the flame
Like a phoenix I will rise
I will rise like fire, higher and higher

[Verse 2]
Massive hearts are tempered hard by scars
Battle lines like constellations, shining stars
Every mark a map of where I’ve been
Proof that I have lost—and still I win

When the world tried to break my wings
It only taught my soul to sing
From the wreckage of my fears
I built hope from fallen years

[Pre-Chorus]
In the shadows I found light
In my weakness I found might

[Chorus]
I will rise like fire, higher and higher
Leaving yesterday behind
For a brighter future I’ll find
Through the smoke and through the pain
I am stronger in the flame
Like a phoenix I will rise
I will rise like fire, higher and higher

[Bridge]
Like the Thunderbird in the storm
With lightning in my veins, reborn
In times of darkness, there is a flame
A guiding light that knows my name

In times of fear, a strength appears
To guard my heart, to dry my tears
I am the storm, I am the sky
I will rise like fire, higher and higher

[Chorus]
I will rise like fire, higher and higher
Through the flood and through the fire
No more chained to who I was
I’m becoming what I must
From the ashes I ascend
This is not the end
Like a phoenix I will rise
I will rise like fire, higher and higher

[outro]
I will rise like fire, higher and higher
I will rise like fire, higher and higher
I will rise like fire, higher and higher

Bible Verses on Rising Above the Storm

1. “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” Psalm 56:3 ESV
2. “For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”” Isaiah 41:13 ESV
3. “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.” Isaiah 43:2 ESV
4. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
5. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”John 14:27 ESV