Heat

Verse 1]

The sky split open over dry ground

Lightning in the marrow of night

I learned real early how to stand still

When everything wanted to ignite

Ash on my tongue from a word unspoken

Wind kicking dust through my bones

I keep a match where my heart should be

Just in case I’m left alone

I keep singing through the fire

So it don’t swallow me whole

If I move slow through the chaos

Maybe I won’t lose control

There’s a heat in every silence

There’s a spark I can’t outrun

I keep singing through the fire

Till the damage is done

Yeah—

I grew up learning how to read smoke

Before the flames ever showed they throat

Everybody saying “stay calm, stay clean”

While the walls catching heat from the in-between

I been dancing on fault lines, barefoot, wild

Trying not to burn like a discarded file

They say chaos is a ladder, a test, a sign

But nobody tells you what it costs inside

There’s a siren in the distance humming

Like it knows me by name

I make altars out of almosts

And kneel in the wreckage of flame

Every road I take feels cursed or holy

Every choice leaves a scar

I keep striking sparks in the dark

Just to see where we are

I keep singing through the fire

So it don’t swallow me whole

If I move slow through the chaos

Maybe I won’t lose control

There’s a heat in every silence

There’s a spark I can’t outrun

I keep singing through the fire

Till the damage is done

Listen—

I don’t flinch when the sirens cry

I been living with the end nearby

Heart full of matches, hands full of blame

Trying to name what can’t be named

They want a miracle, clean and quick

But survival’s ugly, stubborn as hell

I learned how to breathe in burning rooms

And call it living when I fell

(voices layered, almost ritual)

If I burn, let it be my choosing

If I break, let it sound like truth

I don’t need to outrun the ruin

I just need to make it through

I keep singing through the fire

So it don’t swallow me whole

If I move slow through the chaos

Maybe I won’t lose control

There’s a heat in every silence

There’s a spark I can’t outrun

I keep singing through the fire

Till the damage is done

Some fires destroy.

Some fires show you what survives.