[Verse 1]
If it wasn't for the hell
I would not know my name
If it wasn't for the misery
I'd still be feeding shame
I was taught to shrink down low
Told my mirror it was wrong
Bent by hands that wanted silence
But I stayed alive too long
[Pre-Chorus]
Through the bruises
Through the smoke
I kept breathing
I kept hope
They broke the glass
But not my spine
I found my pulse
I found my line
[Chorus]
I came to love myself
(I came to love myself)
I came to love myself
(I came to love myself)
Gray fly, gray fly
Still I rise, still I rise
Gray fly, gray fly
I went through it all
[Verse 2]
Mental chains, cold words
Left scars under my skin
But the voice they tried to bury
Got louder deep within
Now I wear my wounds like armor
Not a joke, not a game
Every crack became a doorway
Every loss became a flame
[Pre-Chorus]
Through the bruises
Through the smoke
I kept breathing
I kept hope
They broke the glass
But not my spine
I found my pulse
I found my line
[Chorus]
I came to love myself
(I came to love myself)
I came to love myself
(I came to love myself)
Gray fly, gray fly
Still I rise, still I rise
Gray fly, gray fly
I went through it all
[Bridge]
Say my name like thunder
Watch me take the night
I am not your broken thing
I am my own light
All that hurt
Made me hard
All that hurt
Made me art
[Final Chorus]
I came to love myself
(I came to love myself)
I came to love myself
(I came to love myself)
Gray fly, gray fly
Still I rise, still I rise
Gray fly, gray fly
I went through it all
(I went through it all)