Ashes Make Me Queen

ASHES MAKE ME QUEEN

Intro — WHISPERED

They thought the fire would destroy me...

They were wrong.

It taught me how to burn.

Verse 1

I was born with a heart too soft

For a world that taught me fear.

I learned to hide behind a smile

And swallow every tear.

I gave my trust to empty hands,

Mistook the chains for love.

They called my kindness weakness,

Never saw what burned beneath.

Pre-Chorus

You can't keep a phoenix buried,

You can't cage a soul that's learned to fly.

Every wound became a weapon,

Every tear became my battle cry.

CHORUS

Ashes make me queen,

From the ruins I arose.

I walked through hell and came back stronger

Than the woman that they broke.

Ashes make me queen,

I won't ever burn the same.

I'm not the victim of my story—

I'm the storm, I'm the flame.

Verse 2

I survived the hands that hurt me,

Survived the words that made me small.

Then I looked into my child's eyes

And knew I had to leave it all.

I gathered every shattered piece,

Held my daughter close to me.

And somewhere on that road to freedom,

The woman I was ceased to be.

Pre-Chorus

Something ancient woke inside me,

Something they could never tame.

I stopped begging for forgiveness

For surviving through the pain.

CHORUS

Ashes make me queen,

From the ruins I arose.

I walked through hell and came back stronger

Than the woman that they broke.

Ashes make me queen,

I won't ever burn the same.

I'm not the victim of my story—

I'm the storm, I'm the flame.

BRIDGE — QUIET

I don't need your absolution.

I don't need you to understand.

I spent too many years surviving

To die by someone else's command.

I prayed for someone to save me...

Then I realized—

I was the one I'd been waiting for.

BREAKDOWN

You wanted silence—

I found my voice.

You wanted weakness—

I found my strength.

You wanted me afraid—

I became the fear.

You wanted me broken—

I ROSE.

FINAL CHORUS — EPIC

ASHES MAKE ME QUEEN!

Let the whole world know my name!

From the ashes of the woman I was,

I forged myself in flame!

ASHES MAKE ME QUEEN!

I rise, I reign, I remain!

Let the phoenix spread her wings,

Let the serpent shed her skin.

Every scar became my armor,

Every loss became my strength.

I AM THE STORM.

I AM THE FLAME.

I AM THE ASHEN QUEEN.

OUTRO — WHISPERED

They broke the girl...

They created the monster...

They crowned the survivor.