[Verse 1] (Acoustic guitar begins, steady and rhythmic) Born under the second fire sign, with a mark upon her chest. The nurse whispered, "She’ll be fierce." Before she even opened her eyes. She had a name like a melody and a laugh that lit the room... But she was the storm that broke the heat, and the flower that was born to bloom! Every tide that tried to turn her... Only polished her spirit, making it brighter! [Pre-Chorus] (Bass and light percussion enter) They tried to bury her in bad luck, Left her out in the cold rain... But something deep in her ribcage, Kept howling out her name! She rose up from the wreckage, With the red dirt on her knees. The dark can try to shroud her, But it can't teach her how to leave. [Chorus] (Full band, driving folk-rock beat) Lioness, stay strong! Amaryllis in the wild! You break, you bloom, you bite. Lioness, stay strong! You were born to outlast, Every bone-breaking mile. Lioness, stay strong! Amaryllis in the wild! [Verse 2] Daughter of the hard road, keeper of the flame... Carrying the world’s damage like a heavy iron chain. The vultures circled low, waiting for her soul to break. Counting on a corpse that she refused to let them take, But she stitched a brand new sunrise from the shadows of their wings... And rose up from the dust of all the ruin that they brought. [Pre-Chorus] They tried to bury her in bad luck, Left her out in the cold rain... But something deep in her ribcage, Kept howling out her name! She rose up from the wreckage, With the red dirt on her knees. The dark can try to shroud her, But it can't teach her how to leave. [Chorus] Lioness, stay strong! Amaryllis in the wild! You break, you bloom, you bite. Lioness, stay strong! You were born to outlast, Every bone-breaking mile. Lioness, stay strong! Amaryllis in the wild! [Bridge] (Music swells, maybe a fiddle or electric guitar solo enters here) Let the storm say its piece, let the old grief crawl. She’s the only light still standing when the heavy towers fall. A crown of thorns and ember... On a stubborn, sweating brow! If the heavens want her ended, she'd tell ‘em: "You can try right now." [Final Chorus] (Big, anthemic energy) Lioness, stay strong! Amaryllis in the wild! You break, you bloom, you bite. Lioness, stay strong! You were born to outlast, Every bone-breaking mile. Lioness, stay strong! Amaryllis in the wild! [Outro] (Instruments drop out one by one until it's just the acoustic guitar) You break, you bloom… You break, you bloom… The wild… it calls. The wild... it calls. (A final, lingering strum of a minor chord)
