Lyrics
I woke up under red ashWith the dark still in my lungsThe eclipse had left its fingerprintsOn everything I loved
No choir came to save meNo hand reached through the smokeJust a pulse beneath the wreckageThat refused to let me go
I was not made holyI was not washed cleanI was something still burningWhere the dead girl used to be
The grave forgot to hold meThe silence lost its teethI heard my name in the embersCalling from beneath
Phoenix reborn, I rise with the scarI don’t need a heavenI survived where they areEvery wound becomes a wingEvery breath becomes a warPhoenix reborn —I burn brighter than before
Ashes don’t fallThey learn to flyBurn me onceI become the sky
Do not call this healingLike it came without a costI left teeth in the darknessFor every part I lost
There is smoke in my bloodstreamThere is fire in my handsThere are ghosts at the doorwayBut they no longer command
I walk out of the black sunWith my shadow at my sideNot forgiven, not forgottenJust impossible to hide
Strike the matchWake the boneDrag the fireBack to the throne
Burn the veilBreak the graveLet the dead lightLearn my name
I was buriedI was tornI was erasedBut I was not gone
I am the sparkI am the stormI am the woundPhoenix reborn
Ashes don’t fallThey learn to flyBurn me onceI become the sky
Phoenix reborn, I rise with the scarI don’t need a heavenI survived where they areEvery wound becomes a wingEvery breath becomes a warPhoenix reborn —I burn brighter than before
Phoenix reborn, with the night in my flameI am not the girlWho disappeared in shameIf the world wants proofLet it look into my eyesPhoenix reborn —I came back as the fire
The ash is still falling
But I am not beneath it
I open my mouth
And the smoke becomes a song
