[Verse 1] I came in bent From the weight I wore Boots on grit By the freight-door floor Cold concrete Held my name that night One step in And I felt the bite [Pre-Chorus] Hands to the wall Let it take my fear One hard pulse And the path came clear Up through the dark I learned to move Every fall Was a thing to use [Chorus] Pulse of the underground Keep me up Keep me up Pulse of the underground I rise up I rise up [Verse 2] Rust on the rail Dust on my skin Every closed door Let the roar back in No gold above Just a low black sky Still I walked on With a fixed hard eye [Pre-Chorus] Hands to the wall Let it take my fear One hard pulse And the path came clear Up through the dark I learned to move Every fall Was a thing to use [Chorus] Pulse of the underground Keep me up Keep me up Pulse of the underground I rise up I rise up [Bridge] Down in the bend Where the lost ones meet I found my step In the pressure beat Stone on stone Let the old pain burn I broke that chain Then I made it turn [Final Chorus] Pulse of the underground Keep me up Keep me up Pulse of the underground I rise up I rise up Pulse of the underground I don’t fold I don’t fold Pulse of the underground I rise up I rise up