Fiery tonight

I learned my silence

In the cold, in broken streets

Counting up my battle scars

At dawn beneath my feet

They said, “Just give up”

“Let it go, you’ll never make it through”

I clenched my jaw

And stayed right there

Burning for the truth

I don’t move fast ‘less I know the ground

I can hear a weak lie from a mile around

I let the question breathe, let the silence talk

Then I strike like lightning with a steady walk

I’ve been down in the deep where the cold thoughts swim

Turning raw iron truth at the furnace rim

If I say I know, then I paid that cost

I don’t wear false gold, and I don’t get lost

Pre-Chorus

I got a mind full of thunder, heart full of flame

Every road I walk, I gotta know its name

Chorus

I burn the dark, I don’t fake the spark

I’ve been carving out truth with a hammer mark

Got a soul that learns slow, but it hits real hard

Yeah, I burn the dark

I burn the dark

Verse 2

Some men chase crowns, some men chase applause

I just chase the shape underneath the laws

I can feel the gears turn under skin and sky

See the hidden wire where the worlds divide

If the answer ain’t ready, I let it rest

Put it low in the fire of my chest

Then another piece comes and the whole thing turns

That’s the kind of heat a hard mind earns

Pre-Chorus

I got one eye on mercy, one eye on proof

I don’t kneel to noise, I go looking for truth

Chorus

I burn the dark, I don’t fake the spark

I’ve been carving out truth with a hammer mark

Got a soul that learns slow, but it hits real hard

Yeah, I burn the dark

I burn the dark

Bridge

I’ve been studying shadows, I’ve been training the flame

I’ve been breaking old mirrors just to learn my name

If they lean on my hands, I won’t hand them a lie

If I don’t know the road, I will say so plain

Then I’ll walk through the storm, through the pressure an

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I see it clear

What I was

And why I’m here

I don’t want praise

I want the work

Truth needs coal

Sweat and hurt

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One shadow at a time

All the ghosts I used to wear

Fall off and fade behind

Down in the deep

I lit my heart

And from my fear

I made a fire

Nobody gave me

This light I carry in my chest

Every wrong turn

Every long night

Put my soul back to the test

Now I walk straight

Dry beneath the pouring rain

I know my worth

And I won’t apologize

For calling my own name

I burn the darkness

I see it clear

What I was

And why I’m here

I don’t want praise

I want the work

Truth needs coal

Sweat and hurt

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One shadow at a time

If you can stand alone in fire

Your light will never die

The deeper down I go

The sweeter shines the light

Every fall inside my soul

Opened up another sky

I burn the darkness

I see it clear

What I was

Brought me right here

I don’t want praise

I want the work

Truth needs coal

Sweat and hurt

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One voice at a time

All the ones who said

“You won’t go far”

Are fading out behind

Now I know

Maybe late, but right

My mind’s a furnace

And it gives birth to fire