From ruin

Verse 1)

I was nothin’ but dust,

shattered bones and broken trust,

just a shadow in my own life,

left for dead in the dead of night.

(Verse 2)

They tore through me, took my name,

spun their stories, played their games.

Watched the world just turn and go,

left me standin’ in the cold.

(Chorus)

But the thing about ruin

it don’t mean you’re done.

It clears out the wreckage

so you can build somethin’ strong.

Through the fire, through the pain,

I found light in the rain.

They tried to write me off,

but I’m still holdin’ on.

(Verse 3)

Hope ran dry, my veins ran cold,

darkness whispered, “This is all you’ll know.”

Told me I was nothin’ now,

that I’d stay down, never leave the ground.

(Bridge)

But through clenched teeth, I stood tall,

not in spite of it, but ‘cause of it all.

I stitched my heart with flames so bright,

turned their ashes into light.

(Chorus – Repeat)

’Cause the thing about ruin

it don’t mean you’re done.

It clears out the wreckage

so you can build somethin’ strong.

Through the fire, through the pain,

I found light in the rain.

They tried to write me off,

but I’m still holdin’ on.

(Outro)

They tried to bury me in their fiction,

but I’m more than their words.

Even after the worst of it,

you can still rise—you can still rise.