From the Ashes

Verse 1

I woke beneath a ceiling of smoke,

With a mouth full of words I never spoke.

The room was empty, the mirror was cracked,

And every piece of me was looking back.

I wore my failures like a second skin,

Let every stranger tell me who I'd been.

I gave my faith to a hollow crown,

Then watched it turn to dust as I fell down.

Pre-Chorus

I searched for God in the mouth of the storm,

I searched for mercy in the hands of the cold.

But when the heavens closed their doors—

I finally heard my own.

Chorus

I LOST THE WORLD,

BUT THE WORLD DIDN'T TAKE ME.

I LOST THE LIGHT,

BUT THE DARKNESS COULDN'T BREAK ME.

Let every scar become a warning,

Let every wound become a flame.

I LOST EVERYTHING I WAS—

AND FOUND A REASON TO REMAIN.

Verse 2

There were ghosts sitting beside my bed,

Wearing the faces of the words you said.

They told me, "Stay down.

You know your place."

I answered with a smile

And walked straight through the flames.

I don't need a throne.

I don't need a crown.

I don't need the ones who left me

To come crawling back around.

I built a home from the bones of yesterday,

And every brick remembers what it cost to stay.

Pre-Chorus

I stopped asking for a miracle.

I stopped waiting for the sky.

The moment I stopped fearing death—

Was the moment I learned to fight.

Chorus

I LOST THE WORLD,

BUT THE WORLD DIDN'T TAKE ME.

I LOST THE LIGHT,

BUT THE DARKNESS COULDN'T BREAK ME.

Let every scar become a warning,

Let every wound become a flame.

I LOST EVERYTHING I WAS—

AND FOUND A REASON TO REMAIN.

Bridge

What if the fall was never failure?

What if the fire was the cure?

What if the person I was mourning

Was the one I had to lose?

I spent my life trying to be worthy

Of a place that wasn't mine.

Now I would rather stand alone

Than disappear to survive.

Breakdown

NO MORE KNEELING.

NO MORE BEGGING.

NO MORE WAITING

FOR A HAND TO SAVE ME.

I WAS THE ONE

WHO CRAWLED THROUGH HELL.

I WAS THE ONE

WHO RANG THE BELL.

I WAS THE ONE

WHO CAME BACK.

Final Chorus

I LOST THE WORLD,

BUT THE WORLD DIDN'T TAKE ME.

I LOST THE LIGHT,

BUT THE DARKNESS MADE ME.

Now every scar is a constellation,

Every wound remembers my name.

I LOST EVERYTHING I WAS—

AND THAT WAS THE LAST THING I LOST.

Final Refrain

I won't go back.

I won't go back.

I won't go back

To the person they wanted me to be.

I'M STILL HERE.

I'M STILL BREATHING.

AND THIS TIME—

I BELONG TO ME.

Outro

The fire is gone.

The smoke is clearing.

And somewhere beneath the ashes,

A heartbeat...

refuses to disappear.