Kindred of the Flame Verse 1 I burned my name into the night sky Just to see if it would stay Every promise turned to embers Every vow just blew away I built a home out of devotion Thought love was iron, not ash But the ground gave way beneath me When the future cracked like glass Pre-Chorus They say the fire makes you reckless They say it only knows how to destroy But no one asks the burning ones What it costs just to make a choice Chorus I am the flame that doesn’t die I am the wound that learned to breathe If loving hard was my damnation Then let the fire remember me You rose with wings of living gold I crawled from ruin, smoke, and scars Kindred spirits, torn but breathing Different shapes — the same damn spark Verse 2 I trusted words like sacred ground I trusted hands that swore they’d stay But fear called in the law of silence And love was escorted away I stood outside in falling snow With everything I couldn’t save Learning loss is not a moment It’s a thousand quiet days Pre-Chorus They call it strength to walk away They call it peace to close the door But no one counts the cost of leaving When you’ve already lost the war Chorus I am the flame that doesn’t die I am the truth that hurts to say I loved like it could conquer all You loved like love must know its place You chose the sky, I chose the ground Where burning teaches how to stand Kindred spirits, torn but breathing Different hearts — the same command Bridge I went numb to keep from breaking Went quiet so I wouldn’t scream Faith washed out of my own handwriting Hope became a memory But fire doesn’t ask permission It just waits beneath the skin Even dragons bow to the phoenix Before they rise again Break (soft) I don’t need saving I don’t need a crown I just need the fire To remember who I am Final Chorus I am the flame that doesn’t die I am still here, despite it all You are the rise after the fall I am the fall that learned to crawl No saints, no devils, no clean lines Just heat that refuses to fade Kindred spirits, still unbroken Still alive inside the flame Outro If you ever see the firelight And wonder where it’s from It’s just me — still burning Still breathing Still becoming What I was never done.
