EMBERS DON'T DIE [INTRO - Ember, low and intimate] They thought the fire was gone... They were watching the smoke. They forgot about the heat underneath. [VERSE 1 - Ember] I remember every night I thought I wouldn't make it Every door that closed Every promise someone faked it I carried all the weight Till my shoulders learned the shape Then I turned every scar Into another reason to escape I don't need to forget What tried to break me down I just needed to remember Who I was before I drowned [PRE-HOOK - Ember] You can bury the flame You can cover the light But you can't kill a fire That learned how to survive [HOOK - Ember] Embers don't die They wait for the wind They hide in the dark Then they rise again Embers don't die You can bury the glow But give me one spark And I'll burn through the cold Embers... Embers don't diiiiiie... I'm still here I'm still alive [VERSE 2 - Ember] I stopped asking for permission To become who I'm becoming Stopped confusing being quiet With being afraid of something I lost people Lost places Lost pieces of myself But every time I hit the bottom I rebuilt somebody else Now the mirror looks different Not because I changed my face It's because I finally recognize The woman standing in this place [PRE-HOOK - Ember] You can bury the flame You can cover the light But you can't kill a fire That learned how to survive [HOOK - Ember] Embers don't die They wait for the wind They hide in the dark Then they rise again Embers don't die You can bury the glow But give me one spark And I'll burn through the cold Embers... Embers don't diiiiiie... I'm still here I'm still alive [BRIDGE - Ember, building] I was down... But not finished. I was hurt... But not hollow. I was quiet... But still burning. And every breath Brought me closer To this moment. [BREAK - Ember, whispered] Look closely... The fire is still there. [FINAL HOOK - Ember, full controlled power] Embers don't die They wait for the wind They hide in the dark Then they rise again Embers don't die You can bury the glow But give me one spark And I'll burn through the cold Embers... Embers don't diiiiiie... You can put out the flame But you can't erase the fire [OUTRO - Ember, sustained] I'm still here... I'm still aliiiiive...
