[Verse 1] I’m sitting in the quiet night, letting truth come into the light, letting smoke drift out of me slow and soft, reluctantly. My hands still tremble from the way I almost lost myself today, from how the guilt tried climbing back to paint my spirit shades of black. [Pre-Chorus] But something in me’s rising strong, something in me knows what’s wrong, something in me’s done with pain that punishes me for being sane. [Chorus] I’m standing in the doorway now, between the smoke and what I’ll allow, between the girl who bent and broke and the woman walking through the smoke. If you wanted silence from my voice, you should’ve given me a choice— I’m choosing me, I’m choosing light, I’m choosing truth instead of fright. [Verse 2] Old patterns whisper from the past, telling me smallness always lasts, telling me quiet equals love, telling me shrinking fits the glove. But I’ve survived that lie before, and it won’t own me anymore— I’m breathing fire into my chest, I’m rising up from all the rest. [Pre-Chorus] I feel the future leaning near, feel warmth replacing every fear, feel the flame inside me grow— I’m not the girl you used to know. [Chorus] I’m standing in the doorway now, between the smoke and what I’ll allow, between the girl who bent and broke and the woman walking through the smoke. If you wanted silence from my voice, you should’ve given me a choice— I’m choosing me, I’m choosing light, I’m choosing truth instead of fright. [Bridge] Let the smoke rise, let it fade, let the fog fall unafraid. Let the truth speak loud and clear— I’m done with guilt, I’m done with fear. I’m not waiting for permission, not returning to submission— I’m breathing free, I’m breathing deep, I’m waking from the longest sleep. [Outro] I’m stepping forward through the haze, leaving behind those smaller days. I hear the knock that once broke me— but now it doesn’t own my story. I’m not afraid, I’m not undone, I’m not his shadow—I’m the sun. I’m mine again, I’m rising strong, and this is where I truly belong.
