[Verse 1]
Empty hall
Footsteps echo back at me
Broken frames
Names I never learned to say
Shaking hands
Tracing dust upon the stone
Quiet breath
Trying not to feel alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Every shadow spelling out my doubts
Every mirror turning me around
I have worn my weakness like a chain
But something in the silence says my name
[Chorus]
I rise from the dark of the ground I was given
Ash on my face
But my heart is still driven
All of the weight
Falls from my spine
This is the moment I draw my own line
From crawling in circles to standing in fire
I carry the scars
But they sharpen desire
Out of the night
I step into sight
This is my crown from the ruins
[Verse 2]
Heavy sky
Thunder sitting on my chest
Faded prayers
Folded in a hidden desk
Then a spark
Falling through the shattered glass
One small flame
Teaching all the shadows how to dance
[Pre-Chorus]
Every wound remembers how it burned
Every loss a lesson finally learned
I have walked on glass to get this far
Now I wear the fractures like a star
[Chorus]
I rise from the dark of the ground I was given
Ash on my face
But my heart is still driven
All of the weight
Falls from my spine
This is the moment I draw my own line
From crawling in circles to standing in fire
I carry the scars
But they sharpen desire
Out of the night
I step into sight
This is my crown from the ruins
[Bridge]
[Strings swell
Choir enters
Tempo surges]
I was the whisper no one heard
Now I am thunder in a single word
I was the question lost in fear
Now I’m the answer ringing clear (so clear)
[Chorus]
I rise from the dark of the ground I was given
Ash on my face
But my heart is still driven
All of the weight
Falls from my spine
This is the moment I draw my own line
From crawling in circles to leading the choir
Voices around me turn embers to fire
Out of the night
Blazing with light
This is my crown from the ruins