Illuminate (Official Song of the European Athletics Championships, Roma 2024)

[Verse 1]
You’ve got fire running through your blood
All this heat, it is frightening
If they knock you down
I’ll help you get back up
At the speed of lightning
(Oooh)

[Verse 2]
Turn up the pressure and come alive
Into the spiral and dive in
Kicking against all the turning tides
Eye of the storm you’ve been riding

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh
Your dreams are on a wire
Darling you could lose it all
But, oh, oh, oh
Your heartbeat is a reminder that you’re stronger than you know

[Chorus]
When it gets dark and you can’t find your way
Hold your heart up
Illuminate
And when the stars are falling like the rain
Hold your heart up
Illuminate

[Post-Chorus]
Can’t stop, keep running, running
I don’t stop now, keep running, running
I keep on, keep on running, running
When it gets dark and you can’t find your way
Hold your heart up
Illuminate

[Verse 3]
You’re down on your knees
And your losing faith
Run out of reasons to try (Yeah, yeah)
But I promise the world don’t have settled fate
But you just got to keep, keep fighting

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, oh, oh
Your dreams are on a wire
Darling, you could lose it all
But oh, oh, oh
Your heartbeat is a reminder that it ain’t over til it’s

[Chorus]
When it gets dark and you can’t find your way
Hold your heart up
Illuminate
And when the stars are falling like the rain
Hold your heart up
Illuminate

[Post-Chorus]
Can’t stop, keep running, running
I don’t stop now, keep running, running
I keep on, keep on running, running
When it gets dark and you can’t find your way
Hold your heart up
Illuminate

[Bridge]
When it gets dark and you can’t find your way
Hold your heart up
And when the stars are falling like the rain
Hold your heart up
Illuminate
(Woah, oh, oh, oh)
(Woah, oh, oh, oh)
Illuminate
(Woah, oh, oh, oh)
(Woah, oh, oh, oh)

[Chorus]
When it gets dark and you can’t find your way
Hold your heart up
Illuminate
When the stars are falling like the rain
Hold your heart up
Illuminate

[Post-Chorus]
Can’t stop, keep running, running
I don’t stop now, keep running, running
I keep on, keep on running, running
When it gets dark and you can’t find your way
Hold your heart up
Illuminate