Born From My Own Ashes

[Verse 1]
Boiling in my chest
Every word a blade I taste
I used to burn this bridge
Just to watch your faces fade
Biting down on rage
Tongue turned into a cage
Knuckles white
But still
I don’t have to be this way
[Pre-Chorus]
I am not my temper
I am not your ghost
Every time I clench my teeth
I feel the fracture close
[Chorus]
I am born from my own ashes (from my own ashes)
Tearing out the hate I used to breathe
Learning how to stand here
Softer
Stronger than the fire underneath
Hold the storm inside my ribs
Until it turns to light I can release
I am born from my own ashes
And this time I rise for me
[Verse 2]
Staring down the mirror
Stranger
But I know those eyes
Memories like metal shards
Still I’m not obliged to bleed
Teaching my hands to open
Teaching my heart to stay
I can feel a quiet laugh
Where the poison used to play
[Pre-Chorus]
I am not your pity
I am not your sin
Every breath a brick I lay
On a life I choose to live
[Chorus]
I am born from my own ashes (yeah)
Tearing out the hate I used to breathe
Learning how to stand here
Softer
Stronger than the fire underneath
Hold the storm inside my ribs
Until it turns to light I can release
I am born from my own ashes
And this time I rise for me
[Bridge]
[Music drops to tense
Sparse guitars]
(SCREAM)
I will not be your target
I will not eat your rot
I will not drown in anger
Just to prove I haven’t lost
Let the bitterness go empty
Let resentment starve and starve
I am carving out a future
On the ruins of who we were
[Chorus]
I am born from my own ashes (from my own ashes)
Every scar a map that sets me free
Learning how to speak with gentleness
To the monster that once spoke for me
Hold the storm inside my ribs
Feel it breaking open into peace
I am born from my own ashes
And this time I rise as me

rock, Modern metal with alternating clean and screamed male vocals; tight, down-tuned guitars locking to a punchy kick, verses half-time and tense, choruses double-time and soaring with wide pads under the hook. Breakdowns hit with chugs, dissonant leads, and gang shouts, final chorus explodes with stacked harmonies and a sustained, cathartic scream., tone, emotional, metal, soft