Lyrics: Scuta Salamanca/Liz Williams/Duke Al
Music: David Connolly
When I first got the news
Lots of questions at school
Thirsty, tired, getting thin
Felt the fear creeping in
Came as such a surprise
Didn’t know type 1 from 2
Hard to know what to do
I felt bad for so long
Did I do something wrong?
It’s not something I brought on
But slowly, I learned I’m not on my own
Got the help that I need now I’m in control
With friends I can balance the highs and lows
We rise
Rise up together
Rise up, rise up together
We rise
Rise up together
Rise up, rise up
We’re in this together
We’ll go hand in hand
And through every challenge
I know you’ll understand
So many roles I have to play
I save my life every day
(I'm) my own nurse but it's all co
On alert all the time
Gotta know the signs
It can feel so strange
Pump on my arm might never change
hypo, hyper - in a daze
Always try to stay in range
‘cause I’m here to stay
But slowly, I learned I’m not on my own
Got the help that I need now I’m in control ll
With friends I can balance the highs and lows
Sometimes, we fall before we rise,
Imbalances, challenges big and small in our lives,
Some days are tough, as we crawl towards the light,
But we manage every day, stand tall in this fight,
Break through the wall, reveal the other side,
Acceptance it calls, now together we fly,
T1D superheroes, we’re saving our lives,
We don’t just survive we rise up we thrive.
Below 4 is the Floor
It can stop me doing more
I have to take time out
But I have no doubts
I’ll figure it out
They’ll be good days and bad
Sometimes it makes me feel so mad
But when I dance I feel so free
No, it won’t stop me
Be who I wanna be
But slowly, I learned I’m not on my own l
Got the help that I need now I’m in control
With friends I can balance the highs and lows l
We rise
Rise up together
Rise up, rise up together
We rise
Rise up together
Rise up, rise up
We’re in this together
We’ll go hand in hand
And through every challenge
I know you’ll understand