[Intro]
Armor on the floor
Dress ripped at the seams
Smoke in my hair
But I still got dreams
[Verse 1]
Claws on the window
Teeth at the gate, they roar
Ash in my lungs, but I
Plant my feet on the stone cold floor
Torch in my fist
Blood on my tongue, I swear
If they want this heart tonight
They’re gonna have to tear through prayer
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear your name in the thunder
Feel your hands in the flame
Every wall that they build up
I scrape it off my name
[Chorus]
I’m fighting off dragons at the door (hey)
You’re breaking down borders, running more, more, more
Two hearts, one war, we were made for this storm
If fire is the language, then our love is the form
I’m fighting off dragons at the door (oh)
You’re racing through shadows just to hold me once more
They circle, they scream, but we’re bigger than their roar
I’m fighting off dragons
You’re fighting to find me
[Verse 2]
Chains on the rafters
Smoke-stained glass above
I carve your name in the plaster
Turn fear into a glove
Scales in the hallway
Breath hot against my cheek
[low vocal register] I laugh in the dark like, “Come on”
I was never built to be meek
[Rap Verse]
Four steps forward, heartbeat drum, I’m pacing
Fiddle in my chest, wild string, I’m bracing
Steel in my spine when the beasts get loud
I’m a one-girl army in a borrowed shroud
They said “sit pretty,” I burned that script
Turned that cage to a sinking ship
Every swing of my hand, that flame gets thicker
Every scar that I earn makes the signal bigger
So run, babe, run, track my smoke in the sky
Follow these sparks, every spark’s your sign
I’m holding this line while the walls all shake
I don’t break
I don’t break
[Pre-Chorus]
I feel your fear in the distance
You feel my heat in the rain
We’ve been stitched by resistance
Threaded tight through the pain
[Chorus]
I’m fighting off dragons at the door
You’re breaking down borders, running more, more, more
Two hearts, one war, we were made for this storm
If fire is the language, then our love is the form
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[whispered vocals] Can you hear me?
I’m the crack in their crown
Every roar, every rumble
Can’t keep me down
[crescendo] When your hand hits that handle
I’ll be standing, not saved
I was never your captive
I’m the one you meet brave
[Chorus]