[Verse 1] The sky split open like a wound too old to heal And I swallowed the dying embers of a world that couldn’t feel I walked through cities of quiet bones, stacked like guilty prayers Every footprint echoing the names of those who never learned to care I begged the earth to answer me, but the soil was tired and thin Roots curled like sleeping serpents, guarding secrets stained with sin And I whispered to the silence, hoping something might return But the silence whispered back — child, you were always meant to burn [Pre-Chorus] Ash runs in my veins And the wind calls out my name [Chorus] I am the flame that refuses to fade The scream that refuses the grave I rise when everything breaks I rise when everything breaks [Verse 2] You told me suffering made us human, so I tried to wear it proud But the weight of your conviction drowned the light under the shroud I learned to stand with broken hands, I learned to breathe through scars I learned that faith means nothing when the night never drops its guard I carved a path through shadows no sun was built to reach Where every whispered fear clung like sermons meant to preach But I will not kneel to shadows, I will not cling to pain I will tear the world wide open just to feel my heart again [Pre-Chorus] Ash runs in my veins And the wind calls out my name [Chorus] I am the flame that refuses to fade The scream that refuses the grave I rise when everything breaks I rise when everything breaks [Instrumental Break] [Final Chorus] I am the flame that refuses to fade The scream that refuses the grave I rise when everything breaks I rise when everything breaks I rise I rise I rise
