Phoenix Thug of resilience

I am the fire that doesn’t burn out

You can try to chain me down

I’ll still get out

Pain in my chest just sharpens my aim

Every loss that I take just engraving my name

Dust on my knees

I’ve tasted defeat

Still I’m planting these seeds in the hardest concrete

You think you wrote my ending in permanent ink

Watch me flip that script in a blink

I rise from the ashes

I’m higher

I’m higher

Every scar on my skin is a spark in the wire

Got God by my side

Got truth for a shield

Justice in my hand like a sword that I wield

I rise from the ashes

I’m brighter

I’m brighter

You can stack your stones

I’ll just build ’em higher

With a love that remains when the hurt runs wild

I’m a phoenix of resilient love

God’s child

They put that weight on my name

Called it karma and doubt

Thought the pressure and the rumors’d finally shut me down

But all that shade that they throw just darkens the sky

So the light that I carry really starts to shine

I’ll break all the rules that were made to confine

Step out of the lines they drew over my life

For the ones who feel small

Who were pushed aside

I’ll be walking through the fire so they see they’ll survive

I rise from the ashes

I’m higher

I’m higher

Every scar on my skin is a spark in the wire

Got God by my side

Got truth for a shield

Justice in my hand like a sword that I wield

I rise from the ashes

I’m brighter

I’m brighter

You can stack your stones

I’ll just build ’em higher

With a love that remains when the hurt runs wild

I’m a phoenix of resilient love

God’s child

For the broken

For the blamed

For the ones who hide their flame

You are more than what they say

Come and walk with me through the blaze (oh)

For the wounded

For the weak

There is power when you speak

Lift your eyes into the light

We were made to rise

To rise

We rise from the ashes

We’re higher

We’re higher

Every scar on our skin is a spark in the wire

With God by our side

With truth for a shield

Justice in our hands like a sword that we wield

We rise from the ashes

We’re brighter

We’re brighter

You can stack your stones

We will build ’em higher

With a love that remains when the hurt runs wild

We’re a phoenix of resilient love

God’s child