[Verse 1] In the house of ash and flour I wore the same small day Buckets, bolts, and broken hours Kept my wild hands in place I heard the east wind call my name From beyond the fig tree wall So I shut the gate on yesterday And let the black road haul [Pre-Chorus] Far beyond the miller's smoke I found the iron moon And every mile that cut my boots Would carve a truer rune I asked for fire I asked for more The road said, come and pay [Chorus] I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) I lost my name, then I grew I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) And the road made a stranger of you [Verse 2] I crossed the salt-blue mountain pass Where the gryphons circle high I drank with thieves and winter saints Beneath a wolf-god sky Some days were bright with blade and song Some days were a wound that bled I learned the taste of broken teeth And how to feed the dead [Pre-Chorus] Every bitter mile I took Put thunder in my bones Every scar became a door To places I had known I asked for fire I asked for more The road said, take it all [Chorus] I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) I lost my name, then I grew I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) And the road made a stranger of you [Bridge] Then I came back through the heather With a blade and older eyes My old hall stood in morning gold But I no longer fit inside The same red cup, the same stone step Felt alien in my hand They saw the man I used to be Not the one who crossed the land [Break] [Whispered] Home turned its face And I did too [Final Chorus] I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) I lost my name, then I grew I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) So I walked out to start something new I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) No hearth can hold what I became I rose from the cinder, I rose (From the cinder, I rose) I based own home on my true name
