[Intro] I woke beneath the weight of stone With borrowed breath and a borrowed name The room was built from every no But something underneath still stayed [Verse 1] I counted cracks across the ceiling Like dates scratched into a prison wall Every promise lost its meaning Every warning taught me how to crawl Then a red line split the silence Through the dust and through the doubt I felt the buried part of me Put its shoulder to the ground [Pre-Chorus] No hand came down to save me No voice declared me clean I tore the lock from inside the cage And met the thing beneath [Chorus] I am not the ruin they remember I am the spark beneath the ash Break the shell, unmake the tether Let the old skin fall and crash If I have to bleed to become someone Let the blood mark where I began I was buried by the ending Now I rise by my own hands [Verse 2] There are names I leave unspoken There are rooms I will not enter Every chain that once defined me Turns to rust around my fingers The mirror keeps the scars in focus I do not turn my face away They are proof the dark was never Strong enough to make me stay [Pre-Chorus] No crown, no clean beginning No heaven opening wide Just one more step through broken glass With a living heart inside [Chorus] I am not the ruin they remember I am the spark beneath the ash Break the shell, unmake the tether Let the old skin fall and crash If I have to bleed to become someone Let the blood mark where I began I was buried by the ending Now I rise by my own hands [Bridge] Let the old voice lose its teeth Let the dead weight lose its hold I can carry what has happened Without letting it control From the floor, from the fracture From the place they called the end I return without permission I return without pretending [Final Chorus] I am not the ruin they remember I am the fire after ash Break the shell, unmake the tether Watch the former shape collapse If I have to bleed to become someone Let the blood mark where I began I was buried by the ending Now I rise by my own hands [Outro] No borrowed name No lowered eyes The ground gives way And I arise
