No One Owns My Life

[Intro] No one owns my life No one owns my name [Verse 1] I was raised in a house of stone Learned to breathe there all alone Every whisper cut like rain Every bedtime tasted pain Tiny hands against the door Counting cracks across the floor I was young, but I could see Home was not a place for me [Pre-Chorus] White walls, cold light New bed, no night I held my name Inside the shame Soft hands, strange room Kind words, old wounds I learned to breathe I learned to leave [Chorus] No one owns my life No one owns my name I walked out of smoke I rose out of flame I am still alive With open eyes Broken wings can rise Into the sky I turned my scars Into light No one owns my life tonight [Verse 2] Then I worked beneath the glow Learned to smile and learned to go Velvet rooms and midnight miles Healing hands and borrowed smiles Saved my coins and paid my dues Bought the life I never knew I threw the bills, I cut the line Now this broken heart is mine [Pre-Chorus 2] Do not call me lost Do not count the cost I never sold my soul I bought back what they stole Cold rain, street lights Long days, late nights I learned to stand With blood on my hands [Chorus] No one owns my life No one owns my name I walked out of smoke I rose out of flame I am still alive With open eyes Broken wings can rise Into the sky I turned my scars Into light No one owns my life tonight [Bridge] Somewhere there is a little girl Hiding from a broken world Holding all her breath inside Too afraid to close her eyes I will build a door for her I will be the voice that stirs If the dark is all she knows I will be the way back home [Final Chorus] No one owns your life No one owns your name You can leave the smoke You can rise from flame We are still alive With open eyes Broken wings can rise Into the sky I was once the child who cried Now I’ll be somebody’s light No one owns our life tonight [Outro] No one owns my life No one owns my name I came back from the dark With a fire no one can tame