Let It Burn

[Intro] The noise faded slower than the light, Smoke still hanging where the moment fell. Everyone asks if I’m alright- I don’t know how to answer that yet. [Verse 1] I wake up shaped like what was lost, Every room still warm with what I said. I learned the weight of every word too late, Like gravity only listens when you’re bent. I tried to name the ache something small, Something I could carry, something clean. But it kept climbing through the walls, Like fire finding every seam. [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been cupping water in my hands, Watching every promise leak away. Every truth I learned too late Still burns the same. [Chorus 1] I won’t pretend this fades with time, Or say I’m stronger for the hurt. They talk like pain just waits its turn, Like silence means it’s learned to work. I kept a script for who I’d be When this stopped feeling like a scar. I kept believing I’d be spared- So let it burn. [Verse 2] They said survival meant you seal the wound, Stand upright and call it proof. But I still taste the ash when I breathe, Still feel the floor give way beneath the truth. I’ve worn restraint like it was law, I’ve called endurance something pure. But nothing I buried stayed asleep- It learned my name, it learned the door. [Pre-Chorus 2] I’ve been standing in the afterglow, Learning not to turn away. Every voice I never let go Still says my name. [Chorus 2] I won’t pretend this fades with time, Or say I’m stronger for the hurt. If living means I feel it all, And nothing comes out clean at first- If breathing means I stand inside The fire I never earned, If staying costs me everything- Then let it burn. [Verse 3] I don’t hunt reasons anymore. I don’t ask what this is for. I move through hours like locked doors, And lean my weight until they give. Nothing here feels finished. Nothing feels redeemed. I’m still standing in the smoke- That’s what survives of me. [Bridge] I’m done asking what it’s for. Done calling damage growth. I don’t need to sanctify the fire Just to prove I’m still alive. I’ve kept my vows to broken ground, I’ve kept my promises to pain. If this is what I carry now, I’ll carry it by name. [Break/Instrumental] [Final Chorus] I won’t pretend this fades with time. I won’t call suffering a cure. I won’t dress the wreckage up Or swear it made me more. If this fire is what remains, If this is what I’ve learned to bear, If this is how I keep my name- LET IT BURN! [Outro] No cleansing rain. No second sign. Just heat, and breath, And what’s still mine.