Can't see nothin' coming up behind
 I make my way through this darkness
 I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
 Lost track of how far I've gone
 How far I've gone, how high I've climbed
 On my back's a sixty pound stone
 On my shoulder a half mile of line

 Come on up for the rising
 Come on up, lay your hands in mine
 Come on up for the rising
 Come on up for the rising tonight

 Left the house this morning
 Bells ringing filled the air
 Wearin' the cross of my calling
 On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here

 Come on up for the rising
 Come on up, lay your hands in mine
 Come on up for the rising
 Come on up for the rising tonight

 Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li

 There's spirits above and behind me
 Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright
 May their precious blood bind me
 Lord, as I stand before your fiery light

 Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li

 I see you Mary in the garden
 In the garden of a thousand sighs
 There's holy pictures of our children
 Dancin' in a sky filled with light
 May I feel your arms around me
 May I feel your blood mix with mine
 A dream of life comes to me
 Like a catfish dancin' on the end of my line

 Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life)
 Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)
 Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life)
 Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life)
 Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life)
 Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight
 Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)
 Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life

 Come on up for the rising
 Come on up, lay your hands in mine
 Come on up for the rising
 Come on up for the rising tonight

 Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li