[Intro] (Everything I built... burned to the ground.) (But ashes... ashes can still fly.) (Watch me.) [Verse 1] Woke up to the smell of my own collapse, Floor gave way, now I'm free-fallin' through the cracks. Resume shredded, love letters turned to smoke, Every bridge I crossed is now a pile of broken oak. They said "Stay down, you're finished, know your place," But I've been countin' heartbeats in the empty space. What doesn't kill me didn't try hard enough— Now watch me build a weapon from the ashes of my stuff. [Pre-Chorus] The ground is calling out my name... But I'm not done, I'm not the same! The embers whisper in the dark... Rise! You still carry the spark! [Chorus] FROM THE ASHES I ASCEND TONIGHT! PHOENIX SCREAMIN' INTO THE LIGHT! EVERY SCAR IS A WING UNFOLDED NOW! I AM NOT WHAT I LOST—I AM WHAT I BURN! WATCH THE FLAMES REWRITE MY NAME! NOTHING BUT CINDERS, BUT I REMAIN! (I remain!) [Verse 2] Rebuilt my spine from the wreckage, piece by fractured piece, Every failure was a teacher that refused to grant me peace. The mirror cracked, but the eyes still glow, Saw the devil in the glass—told him "I'm not yours to own." Friends vanished like smoke when the fire got close, But solitude's a forge—it's where the blade learns to boast. I don't beg for second chances, I just take the third and fourth, The phoenix doesn't apologize for rising from the scorch. [Pre-Chorus] The ground is calling out my name... But I'm not done, I'm not the same! The embers whisper in the dark... Rise! You still carry the spark! [Chorus] FROM THE ASHES I ASCEND TONIGHT! PHOENIX SCREAMIN' INTO THE LIGHT! EVERY SCAR IS A WING UNFOLDED NOW! I AM NOT WHAT I LOST—I AM WHAT I BURN! WATCH THE FLAMES REWRITE MY NAME! NOTHING BUT CINDERS, BUT I REMAIN! (I remain!) (I remain!) [Bridge] ... This is the moment. The floor is cold. The voices scream: "Stay down. You're nothing." (Am I nothing?) The abyss stares back... And I stare harder. BURN. IT. ALL. I CHOOSE TO RISE! [Final Chorus] FROM THE ASHES I ASCEND TONIGHT! PHOENIX SCREAMIN' INTO THE LIGHT! EVERY SCAR IS A WING UNFOLDED NOW! I AM NOT WHAT I LOST—I AM WHAT I BURN! WATCH THE FLAMES REWRITE MY NAME! NOTHING BUT CINDERS, BUT I REMAIN! (Resurgam! Resurgam!) (I shall rise!) (THE FIRE IS MINE!) [Outro] From the smoke... a silhouette. No longer broken. Reborn. [End]
