[Intro]
A quiet hum beneath my ribs begins to stir,
A low, growing tremor I can’t ignore.
Something waking where I once felt nothing —
A pulse, a spark, a shift in the floor.
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[Verse 1]
I move through the moment like a held breath,
Afraid to exhale, afraid to stay still.
Dreams I buried out of fear of failing
Press against the seams I swore were sealed.
Everyone around me seems to know their place,
While I keep tracing circles in the dark.
But something in me flickers, unfamiliar —
A faint rebellion, igniting at the heart.
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[Pre-Chorus]
There’s a change forming quietly under my skin,
Not rage — a rising I can’t hold in.
No more shrinking just to match someone else’s frame.
This is the moment I whisper:
“I refuse to fade.”
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[Chorus]
Lift me higher than the doubts I’ve known,
Pull me from the corners where I hid alone.
I’m stepping into light I used to fear —
I’m finally learning how to keep myself here.
If I fall, I’ll rise again, unshaken, unbound —
I was quiet once… but I won’t stay underground.
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[Verse 2]
I’ve spent years rehearsing versions of myself
That never fit the shape of who I am.
Soft apologies threaded through my spine,
Living half-awake, afraid to take a stand.
But now the haze begins to loosen at the edges,
Breath returns where silence used to drown.
I feel the shift — subtle, but relentless,
A quiet strength pulling me from the ground.
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[Pre-Chorus]
Something new is breaking open in my chest,
A truth I buried learning to manifest.
This time I won’t retreat, I won’t look away —
This is the moment I say:
“I choose my own name.”
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[Chorus]
Lift me higher than the doubts I’ve known,
Pull me from the corners where I hid alone.
I’m stepping into light I used to fear —
I’m finally learning how to keep myself here.
If I fall, I’ll rise again, unshaken, unbound —
I was quiet once… but I won’t stay underground.
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[Breakdown — Heavy, Slow, Emotional]
(Drop to half-time, low guitars, chest-punch drums)
I’m done being smaller than the life I want.
I’m done asking permission to breathe.
I’m done apologizing for the space I take.
Let the false versions fall away —
let them crumble, let them leave.
(massive scream)
I WON’T HOLD MYSELF BACK ANYMORE.
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[Final Chorus — Higher, Stronger]
Lift me higher than the doubts I’ve known,
Pull me from the corners where I hid alone.
I’m stepping into light I used to fear —
And for the first time, I feel myself here.
If I fall, I’ll rise again, unshaken, unbound —
I was quiet once…
but this is my sound.
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[Outro]
The tremor settles into something true —
A beginning I never thought I’d reach.
If becoming myself is the hardest climb,
Then this is my first breath…
finally free.
ASHBORN
