The Renewed

I walked through the ashes of yesterday,

With a heart full of words I could never say.

Every scar was a map, every wound was a door,

And I found what I lost on the broken floor.

I was fading, I was falling,

Now I hear the future calling.

I am the renewed,

I am the fire reborn.

From the ruins I rise,

With a new name at dawn.

No longer the man

Who was chained to the past—

I am the renewed,

And I'm built to last.

The years tried to bury the voice in my chest,

But the silence awakened the part of me left.

Through the storm and the endless turning of time,

I discovered the rhythm was always mine.

I won't surrender to fear.

Instrumental Break: Moog Lead and Mellotron Strings

Bridge

The clock in the hallway forgets my name

(Forgets my name)

The mirror keeps showing a different frame

(A different frame)

I pour out the evening an inch at a time

(An inch at a time)

And measure the distance from yours to mine

Verse 3

Somewhere a record is spinning too slow

The horns in the corner have nowhere to go

I trade my confessions for one more refrain

And the piano forgives me again and again

Instrumental Break: Vibraphone and Rhodes Piano

Verse 4

I built me a chapel from porcelain cups

From letters half-written and half-eaten up

The choir of typewriters clicks out of tune

A hymn for the man in the back of the room

Pre-Chorus

I was patient, I was quiet

Now I lean into the riot

Chorus

I am the renewed,

I am the fire reborn.

From the ruins I rise,

With a new name at dawn.

No longer the man

Who was chained to the past—

I am the renewed,

And I'm built to last.

Instrumental Break: Theremin and Chamberlin Flute

Verse 5

The waiter arrives with a tray full of years

(Ooh, ooh)

He sets down the cups and he quietly disappears

(Ooh, ooh)

I drink to the boy who was scared of the dark

(Scared of the dark)

And I toast to the man who outlived the spark

Refrain

Slow down, slow down

(Slow down, slow down)

The room is spinning round

(Round and round)

Slow down, slow down

(Slow down, slow down)

I am still here somehow

Instrumental Break: Analog Synth Arpeggio, 7/8 Time

Verse 6

The carpet remembers the shape of my knees

The lamp keeps a secret the curtain can't see

I number the hours like coins in a jar

And I leave the last light on the window ajar

Outro

I am the renewed

(I am the renewed)

I am the fire reborn

(Reborn)

From the ruins I rise

(I rise)

With a new name at dawn

(At dawn)

No longer the man

(No longer)

Who was chained to the past

(The past)

I am the renewed

And I'm built to last

Instrumental Outro: Solo Piano, Mellotron Swells, Fade