Like a Phoenix

(Spoken Intro)

(Beat: A deep, distorted 808 sub-bass with a sharp, clicking percussive snap)

"Left the old me behind... Here I am, risen... from ash, like a phoenix."

Verse 1

(Music: Minimalist electronic pulse, atmospheric synths)

I was a ghost in a house that you built for me

Trading my vision for your manufactured reality

You kept the lights low so I wouldn't see the cracks

But I’m finding the strength you tried to keep in the shadows, taking it back

I’m rewriting the script, I’m cutting the strings

I’m over the weight of your broken-down things.

Pre-Chorus

(Beat: Accelerates, adding a gritty bassline and rising synth tension)

Tick-tock, the clock’s on my side now

Nowhere for your venom to hide now

You thought you owned the air that I breathe?

Watch how I move when I’m ready to leave.

Chorus

(Beat: High-energy "Beat Rock" style—heavy drums, catchy synth hook, and aggressive guitars)

I’M THE FIRE, NOT THE AFTERBURN!

I’M THE LESSON THAT YOU’LL NEVER LEARN!

You tried to bury me, but you forgot I was a seed

I’m the only oxygen that I will ever need!

LOUDER THAN YOUR LIES, HIGHER THAN YOUR WALLS

Watch me standing giant while your kingdom falls!

I’m back in my skin, I’m back in the light

And I’m never, ever, ever giving up the fight!

Verse 2

(Beat: Solid, grooving dark pop rhythm; bass-heavy and danceable)

Go ahead, call me names, call me "cold," call me "gone"

I’m the brightest thing you ever laid your eyes upon

I’m not a project, I’m not a "work in progress" anymore

I’m the hurricane that’s finally reached the shore

Every "sorry" you wasted is a brick in my wall

And I’m standing so high, I can’t hear you call.

Bridge

(The "Mellow Out" - Sound strips down to a haunting, close-mic vocal and cinematic ambiance)

I forgot the way my own laughter sounded

I forgot the way that my feet felt grounded

(Music begins to swell with distorted guitars and crashing drums)

But I remember now...

Yeah, I remember now...

I’M REMEMBERING NOW!

Chorus

(The "Hard Hit" - Maximum volume, stadium-sized dark pop energy)

I’M THE FIRE, NOT THE AFTERBURN!

I’M THE LESSON THAT YOU’LL NEVER LEARN!

You tried to bury me, but you forgot I was a seed

I’m the only oxygen that I will ever need!

LOUDER THAN YOUR LIES, HIGHER THAN YOUR WALLS

Watch me standing giant while your kingdom falls!

I’m back in my skin, I’m back in the light

And I’m never, ever, ever giving up the fight!

Outro

(Beat: A rhythmic, heavy drum outro that fades into a heartbeat)

Never changing for a ghost again.

Never fading for a "most" again.

(Spoken, with a confident whisper)

I’m here. And I’m staying.