From Shadows to Strength

You claim we are not the same and you’re right

I’m not a coward I bleed and I fight

I don’t give up, I don’t give in, I don’t

I won’t forget, I won’t forgo, I won’t

You tell me I was lucky I wasn’t beat,

Then, to be like you, I needed to be

I used to watch as you screamed and you bled

Crying myself to sleep thinking I would be next

We got to safety only for you to turn on me

Now I cried myself to sleep from the pain of your beat

I rose from the ashes, where shadows used to play,

Turning pain into power, now I'm leading the way.

While the nightmares haunted, I fought to break free,

I’m the voice for the silent, listen close to me.

From the scars and the screams, I found strength in my song,

When the world fell apart, I knew where I belong.

Rising high like the phoenix, watch me take my flight,

Turning trauma to triumph, I’m reclaiming my light.

Depression and Anxiety they got ahold of me

I was trying to start my life without the key

I hit rock bottom faster than ever before

But it opened my eyes to what was in store

Fire and Brimstone might seem glamorous from afar

But it doesn’t feel to good when it burns in your heart

Third degree I was in pain when my king came knocking

Then I started searchin’ and I started talkin’

I rose from the ashes, where shadows used to play,

Turning pain into power, now I'm leading the way.

While the nightmares haunted, I fought to break free,

I’m the voice for the silent, listen close to me.

From the scars and the screams, I found strength in my song,

When the world fell apart, I knew where I belong.

Rising high like the phoenix, watch me take my flight,

Turning trauma to triumph, I’m reclaiming my light.

I was saved but I still needed help

God doesn’t leave you in the dust like “Oh well”

Being Christian doesn’t mean your perfect, no

It means you serve the King in the high and the low

I fight and I bleed but I’m ready

I put on my armor, I hold my award steady

The Devil talks and talks, he’s quite the charmer,

But even his arrows can’t break through God’s armor

I rose from the ashes, where shadows used to play,

Turning pain into power, now I'm leading the way.

While the nightmares haunted, I fought to break free,

I’m the voice for the silent, listen close to me.

From the scars and the screams, I found strength in my song,

When the world fell apart, I knew where I belong.

Rising high like the phoenix, watch me take my flight,

Turning trauma to triumph, I’m reclaiming my light.

I’m reclaiming my light

Reclaiming my light

His light