[Verse 1]
Woke up in the crater
Ash in my hair
Taste of thunder on my tongue
Burn marks on my shoulder
Halo in pieces
Twisted in my lungs
Torn dress
Crooked crown
Heaven wrote me out
Tried to strike me down
I crawled through the embers
Now I wear the scars like a wedding gown
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me
Do you miss me up there?
Or do you sleep just fine?
You traded me for silence
I traded you for a spine
[Chorus]
Black feathers on the floor
I’m not crawling back through that door
You clipped my wings
But I still soar
(I still soar, I still soar)
Black feathers in my hands
Building up a new command
From the ashes of your plans
I am more than what you planned
[Verse 2]
Voice in the static
Calling my name like a broken prayer
Gold turned to granite
But the cracks mapped out my secret stairs
I dance in the ruin
Bare feet banging on the broken glass
Every fall
Evolution
Every bruise becomes a battle flag
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me
Do you taste this thunder?
Does it shake your throne?
You left me in the silence
I found a darker home
[Chorus]
Black feathers on the floor
I’m not crawling back through that door
You clipped my wings
But I still soar
(I still soar, I still soar)
Black feathers in my hands
Building up a new command
From the ashes of your plans
I am more than what you planned
[Instrumental Break]
[Glitchy synth lead call-and-response with shredding guitar solo
Drums slam into half-time then explode back full speed]
[Bridge]
I was your perfect little weapon
Polished smile
Pretty deception
Now every curse you ever breathed
Is carved in light across my teeth
I am the storm you tried to tame
Saints will scream when they hear my name
If heaven shuts the gate again
I’ll burn my way back in (hey!)
[Chorus]
Black feathers on the floor
I’m not begging there anymore
You stole my wings
I grew a roar
(I grew a roar, grew a roar)
Black feathers in my hands
Spelling out a new command
From the shadows where I stand
I am more than what you planned
[Outro]
Black feathers
Fall
Then rise
I’m the fallen
You can’t exile twice