[Intro]
I was chasing the dawn
With a hole in my chest
Every mirror I passed
Showed a ghost in my head
[Verse 1]
I wore the dark like a crown
Let it sink in my skin
Kept my hands on the blame
Kept my heart caged within
But the cracks in my armor
Started letting it show
There was fire in my ribs
I was dying to know
[Pre-Chorus]
If I bend, I don’t break
If I fall, I still rise
I can see it now
In the wreckage of my life
What I hunted outside
Was a spark in my veins
And it grew when I faced
What I kept under chain
[Chorus]
The light is in me
The light is in me
It never left
It never leaves
The light is in me
The light is in me
I burn alive
I finally see
[Verse 2]
I walked through the coldest weeks
With a fist full of prayer
Every scar on my hands
Was a map to get there
Now the weight on my shoulders
Turns to fuel in the night
I don’t need the sky to open
I can make my own light
[Pre-Chorus]
If I bend, I don’t break
If I fall, I still rise
I can see it now
In the wreckage of my life
What I hunted outside
Was a spark in my veins
And it grew when I faced
What I kept under chain
[Chorus]
The light is in me
The light is in me
It never left
It never leaves
The light is in me
The light is in me
I burn alive
I finally see
[Bridge]
[Half-time]
Cut the fear from my tongue
Cut the doubt from my breath
I was buried in shadows
But I never was dead
Take the shard, take the blade
Take the night off my name
I was built from the ruin
I was forged into flame
[Guitar Solo]
[Dual lead guitars]
One cuts like thunder
One climbs like steel
Both reach higher
Than the world can steal
[Final Chorus]
The light is in me
The light is in me
It never left
It never leaves
The light is in me
The light is in me
I burn alive
I finally see
The light is in me
The light is in me
I rise, I rise
I’m all I need