Phoenix Scars

[Verse 1]
You left your lies
In my dresser drawer
Lipstick stains
On a shirt that’s not yours
I smashed the frame
Dropped our picture to the floor
Thought that was all
I was worth you for
[Chorus]
But I burn
I bleed
I rise again
From every promise you tore in your hands
You tried to break me
Tried to leave me in the dark
I’m breathing through the smoke of every scar
I’m coming through the fire you left me in
A phoenix from the place my heart had been
You’ll see the glow in every bruise you left on me
I’m rising
I’m rising
I’m rising
I’m rising
[Verse 2]
Some nights I shake
On the bathroom tile
Hear your voice
In the silence for a while
But these cracked bones
Learned to stand up on their own
Every tear I cried
Built this backbone
[Chorus]
’Cause I burn
I bleed
I rise again
From every promise you tore in your hands
You tried to break me
Tried to leave me in the dark
I’m breathing through the smoke of every scar
I’m coming through the fire you left me in
A phoenix from the place my heart had been
You’ll see the glow in every bruise you left on me
I’m rising
I’m rising
I’m rising
I’m rising
[Bridge]
You don’t get to write
The ending of my story (oh no)
I wear every crack
Like a crown of quiet glory
You were the storm
But I’m the morning after
You were the wound
I’m the healing
I’m the laughter
[Chorus]
Now I burn
I bleed
I rise again
From every promise you tore in your hands
You tried to break me
Tried to leave me in the dark
I’m breathing through the smoke of every scar
I’m coming through the fire you left me in
A phoenix from the place my heart had been
You’ll see the glow in every bruise you left on me
I’m rising
I’m rising
I’m rising
I’m rising (yeah)

Sparse acoustic ballad with close-mic’d female vocals, gentle fingerpicked guitar and soft pad swells. Intimate verses stay low and fragile; chorus blooms with stacked harmonies and subtle piano doubling the top line. Light percussion and reverse swells lift the second chorus, ending in a hushed, exposed final hook., sad, female vocals