Refined by Fire

[Intro – distant choir, soft synth pulse, warm guitar harmonics] I walked through the fire Thinking it would end me But every flame just burned away What was never really me [Verse 1] I carried all that poison Like it belonged inside my skin Every lie, every shadow Every place I should’ve been I wore my anger like an armor Held my silence like a blade Built a home inside the darkness Then forgot how I was made [Pre-Chorus] Every scar became a signal Every wound became a guide I was losing who I used to be But maybe that was how I survived [Chorus] Refined by fire Burn away the lie Everything that tried to break me Only taught me how to rise Refined by fire Nothing left to hide I went in afraid of dying Now I’m finally alive [Verse 2] I used to pray for rescue Used to beg the hurt to stop Thought the antidote was waiting Somewhere I had never looked But the hardest truths are written In the things we try to hide Sometimes you have to lose yourself To become the one inside [Pre-Chorus] Every night I thought would break me Every season left a mark But the furnace only showed me What was gold and what was dark [Chorus] Refined by fire Burn away the lie Everything that tried to break me Only taught me how to rise Refined by fire Nothing left to hide I went in afraid of dying Now I’m finally alive [Bridge – stripped down, choir swelling, almost spoken] The fire didn’t kill me It revealed me The fear The shame The need to stay the same The fire didn’t kill me It set me free [Final Chorus – huge, soaring, triumphant] Refined by fire Burn away the lie Everything that tried to break me Only taught me how to rise Refined by fire Nothing left to hide I went in afraid of dying Now I’m finally alive Refined by fire No shadow left to hold You thought the flames would end me But they only made me gold