I'll rise

Ben Harper 'I'll rise'

Now did you want to see me broken,
bowed head and lowered eyes,
shoulders fallen down like teardrops,
weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my confidence upset you?
Don ' t you take it awful hard cause I walk,
like I ' ve got a diamond mine breakin ' up in my front yard.

So you may shoot me with your words,
you may cut me with your eyes,
and I ' ll rise - I ' ll rise - I ' ll rise - rise - rise.
Out of the shacks of history ' s shame,
up from a past rooted in pain,
and I ' ll rise - I ' ll rise - I ' ll rise - rise - rise.

On ne peut pas dire que ce soit un leitmotiv, car il faudrait pour cela de la hargne, mais j'aime ce ton tranquillement lancinant qui rassure...