[Verse 1]
The forge is cold, but I remember heat
Black dust gathering beneath my feet
I carried every failure like a chain
Now every link is ringing in the flame
[Pre-Chorus]
You said the weight would make me bend
I learned where breaking starts to end
[Chorus]
I rise with the iron in my hands
No borrowed crown, no promised land
If the old walls fall, let them fall
I built my name beyond them all
[Verse 2]
The calendar is marked with sharpened lines
A hundred closed doors, a thousand signs
I kept one match beneath my tongue
For every word they said was done
[Pre-Chorus]
The ground gives way beneath the strain
I plant my feet and pull the chain
[Chorus]
I rise with the iron in my hands
No borrowed crown, no promised land
If the old walls fall, let them fall
I built my name beyond them all
[Bridge]
Let the furnace open wide
Let the doubt be cast aside
What was buried wakes again
I am more than where I've been
[Breakdown]
No surrender
No retreat
Stone and thunder
Underneath
[Final Chorus]
I rise with the iron in my hands
No borrowed crown, no promised land
When the last old wall begins to crawl
I stand alive beyond it all
[Outro]
The forge is bright
The chain is gone
I face the dawn
I carry on