Saint of the ruins

I been walkin’ with shadows stitched into my skin,

Got a halo made of rust, still I swear I ain’t givin’ in.

Mamá said corazón fuerte, but the streets said “prove it,”

Now I’m prayin’ with blood on my knuckles, losin’ pieces and I know it.

Every mirror shows a stranger holdin’ on by a thread,

Half a beast, half a man, all the battles in my head.

And the darkness whispers “mijo, let me carry you home,”

But I keep draggin’ my soul forward even when I walk alone.

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’Cause I’m a santo de las ruinas,

A good heart in the smoke and sirenas.

Fallin’ fast but I’m fightin’ through the fever,

If the Devil calls, I tell him “vuelve luego, vieja.”

I’m chaos with a prayer and a reason,

Ain’t no perfect man in any season.

But I’ll climb outta Hell even bleedin’,

’Cause bein’ good don’t mean you ain’t sinnin’.

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Got a laugh sharp enough to cut through the shame,

And a temper like a wildfire when they speak on my name.

But I’ll give a stranger my jacket, give my people my last breath,

Swear I’d fight every ghost in the alley ‘fore I let ’em taste death.

I’m a walking contradiction with a switchblade soul,

Fightin’ urges that would swallow lesser men whole.

But every night I light a vela just to honor what I lost,

Tell the moon, “dame fuerza,” even if it costs.

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’Cause I’m a santo de las ruinas,

A good heart in the smoke and sirenas.

Fallin’ fast but I’m fightin’ through the fever,

If the Devil calls, I tell him “vuelve luego, vieja.”

I’m chaos with a prayer and a reason,

Ain’t no perfect man in any season.

But I’ll climb outta Hell even bleedin’,

’Cause bein’ good don’t mean you ain’t sinnin’.

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And if I break mañana,

Lay me under luna clara.

Let my faults become palabra,

For every soul still runnin’ from the fire.

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I’m a santo de las ruinas,

Bruised knuckles, corazón que declina.

Still I rise, ‘cause the world needs believers

Who ain’t holy but they’re tryin’—

Sí, todavía respira.

I’m chaos, but I’m good, Dios mío,

Let me stand even down on my knees though…

’Cause I’ll climb outta Hell even bleedin’,

And when I fall again—

I’ll climb again