[Verse 1] Fluorescent halls and endless racks I left a piece on every path I smiled on cue I played my part Made tiny rooms inside my heart In meetings, I was somewhere else Building whole worlds I’d hide from myself [Pre-Chorus] Every dream I buried kept breathing under me Every quiet no was a little plea The fire didn’t break me it showed me what remained Under all that giving I was still my name [Chorus] The phoenix in me was always here I stopped abandoning myself, my dear The phoenix in me came back alive Not from the wreckage but to survive I found my pulse again I found my flame I call me home I call my name [Verse 2] I wore ambition like a shield Till every yes felt forced and sealed I chased the gold I chased the shine But kept my own small soul behind Then one small ache became a door I heard my heart say, “Please, once more” [Pre-Chorus] Every dream I buried kept breathing under me Every quiet no was a little plea The fire didn’t break me it showed me what remained Under all that giving I was still my name [Chorus] The phoenix in me was always here I stopped abandoning myself, my dear The phoenix in me came back alive Not from the wreckage but to survive I found my pulse again I found my flame I call me home I call my name [Bridge] [Half-time, stripped back] I was not a ruin I was resting I was not a failure I was nesting In the ash in the ache I met the one I kept away And all at once the dark turned gold What I had lost came back whole [Final Chorus] The phoenix in me was always here I stopped abandoning myself, my dear The phoenix in me came back alive Not from the wreckage but to survive I found my pulse again I found my flame I call me home I call my name The phoenix in me is rising slow Not to burn the world but let me glow The phoenix in me I finally see I was the fire inside of me
