Rising From The Ashes

[Verse 1]
Got fired on a Tuesday,
House keys taken away,
She packed without warning,
Left me empty today.

[Pre-Chorus]
Everything I used to be,
Standing in the debris.

[Chorus]
Rising from the ashes,
Got nothing left to lose,
Rising from the ashes,
Got something to prove,
Flames cleared my eyes,
Now I'm gonna rise.

[Verse 2]
Mirror shows a stranger's face,
Sleeping on my sister's couch,
Forty-five and out of place,
Wondering how to turn around.

[Pre-Chorus]
Twenty years just up in smoke,
But I ain't ready to be broke.

[Chorus]
Rising from the ashes,
Got nothing left to lose,
Rising from the ashes,
Got something to prove,
Flames cleared my eyes,
Now I'm gonna rise.

[Verse 3]
First apartment, just one room,
Job that pays me half as much,
But there's space here for me to bloom,
Freedom in a different touch.

[Verse 4]
Looked for me in all the wreckage,
Found someone I'd never known,
Stronger than my past could measure,
Standing here on my own.

[Bridge]
What they said would break my will,
Only served to wake my soul,
From a life I never chose,
Now I'm free to grow.

[Final Chorus]
Rising from the ashes,
Everything to gain,
Rising from the ashes,
Dancing in the rain,
Flames burned away fear,
Now my path is clear,
Rising from the ashes,
Free from all the pain.

Rock, Hard Rock, Banjo, Guitar, Violin