"The Climb" lyrics

(from "Hannah Montana: The Movie" soundtrack)

I can almost see it

That dream I'm dreaming

But there's a voice inside my head sayin'

"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm takin'

Every move I make feels lost with no direction

My faith is shakin'



But I, I gotta keep tryin'

Gotta keep my head held high



There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be an uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side

It's the climb



The struggles I'm facing

The chances I'm taking

Sometimes might knock me down

But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it

But these are the moments

That I'm gonna remember most, yeah

Just gotta keep goin'



And I, I gotta be strong

Just keep pushing on



'Cause



There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be an uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side

It's the climb



Yeah



There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be an uphill battle

Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side

It's the climb



Yeah, yeah, yeah



Keep on movin'

Keep climbin'

Keep the faith, baby

It's all about — it's all about the climb

Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa, whoa, oh







Thanks to Anna for adding these lyrics.

Thanks to SUJ, Destiny, Juliano for correcting these lyrics.



Writer(s): Jessi Alexander, Jon Mabe



The lead single off of the "Hannah Montana: The Movie soundtrack" and a bonus track on the international release of "The Time of Our Lives" EP (2009). Being a country pop power ballad, this song became Miley Cyrus's first solo single released to country radio.

Co-writer Jessi Alexander described the original song, which she wrote with his songwriting partner Jon Mabe, as being "more spiritual" than the released version, and said that it contained lines about prayer.

The title of this track is a reference to the phrase "Life's a climb… but the view is great" said by Miley Stewart in the film "Hannah Montana: The Movie".

Film producer Alfred Gough explained the meaning of "The Climb" saying, "The song is her journey, the lessons she's learned in the movie. It's an epic [...] power ballad that encapsulates Miley's journey and the message of the film."