White Flag in the Fire

I was building altars out of broken glass

Every step I took just cut me in the past

Hands full of smoke, I called it control

But it slipped right through every hole in my soul

I heard a whisper through the sirens in my head

Said, “You don’t have to dance with the dead”

But I was chained to the echo of my name

Wearing my guilt like a badge of shame

I was sinking in a sea I made

Drowning in the choices I couldn’t outrun

Reaching out through the waves

Hoping someone would call me son

So I threw a white flag in the fire

Let it burn every lie I’ve known

If I’m gonna fall, take me higher

To the place where I’m not alone

I let go of the weight I was hiding

Every scar, every shattered piece

If this is what it feels like dying

Then maybe this is how I breathe

I was chasing shadows in a hollow room

Every door I opened led me closer to doom

Mirrors lied but I believed the view

Didn’t recognize what I turned into

Then a light broke through like a fractured dawn

Not the kind you see, but the kind you’re drawn

It didn’t shout, didn’t force my hand

Just stood in the wreckage and made a stand

I was buried underneath my pride

Six feet deep in the mess I made

But something called me from the other side

Through the dirt, through the fear, through the grave

So I threw a white flag in the fire

Let it burn every lie I’ve known

If I’m gonna fall, take me higher

To the place where I’m not alone

I let go of the weight I was hiding

Every scar, every shattered piece

If this is what it feels like dying

Then maybe this is how I breathe

[Bridge] (scream / high emotion)

Break me open, I’m done pretending

I’ve been lost but I’m done defending

Every wall that I built to survive

Was the same one keeping me from life

Take the crown of thorns in my chest

Trade it out for a different breath

If surrender is what it takes

Then take it all, I’m yours to break

I don’t need the answers now

Just a hand I can’t deny

If I’m falling, let me fall

Into something more than I

So I threw a white flag in the fire

Watched it turn into the unknown

If I’m gonna burn, take me higher

To a love that I can’t outgrow

I let go of the war inside me

Laid it down, every broken piece

If this is what it feels like dying

Then maybe this is how I finally find peace

In the ashes, I found a name

Wasn’t mine—but it called me the same

And I answered… I answered