The Phoenix Does Not Fear Fire
[Verse 1]
I had the strangest realization,
about the way I choose to love.
Like a phoenix born in silence,
never fleeing what becomes.
They say she rises from the ashes,
only after giving all.
She never bargains with the fire—
she surrenders…
she lets herself fall.
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[Pre-Chorus]
That’s the way I’ve always loved…
with every heartbeat I could spare.
My time…
my patience…
my hope…
my care…
Until there was almost
nothing left of me.
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[Chorus]
I burn…
I let the flames remember me.
Not every fire destroys,
some teach us how to breathe.
I let go
of love I carried far too long.
The ashes hold tomorrow,
where broken hearts grow strong.
The phoenix does not fear the fire…
She knows
she’s coming home.
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[Verse 2]
I gave my hours,
I gave my kindness,
I gave pieces of my soul.
Held on tightly
to sacred memories,
until I could no longer hold.
Then came the hardest part—
not burning…
But letting go.
Letting go of loving too much.
Letting go of time already spent.
Letting go of names
that lived inside my prayers.
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[Pre-Chorus]
The fire left me quiet.
But maybe numbness
isn’t death at all…
Maybe it’s the gentle place
where new feathers
learn to fall…
before they fly.
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[Chorus]
I burn…
I let the flames remember me.
Not every fire destroys,
some reveal what’s underneath.
I rise
with colors I have never known.
The ashes are not endings…
They’re places
I have grown.
The phoenix does not fear the fire…
She knows
she’ll find her way back home.
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[Bridge]
Time gathers
every scattered ember.
The mourning softens.
The tears lose their weight.
The names remain…
but they no longer
call me back
to yesterday.
My wings grow stronger.
My boundaries
become wisdom.
The flame inside my eyes
no longer waits
for someone else
to keep it alive.
It keeps me warm.
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[Final Chorus]
The love I scattered
into other hands
has found its way
back home again.
Not because
someone returned it…
But because
I finally learned
to carry it myself.
I let people
be who they choose to be.
I stopped chasing
every unanswered dream.
I offered
my own heart
the kindness
I once gave away.
And something beautiful happened…
I wasn’t lonely.
This solitude
became peace.
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[Outro]
Perhaps rebirth
was never becoming someone new…
Perhaps…
It was learning
to remain beside myself
after the fire
had already passed.
Not every fire destroys.
Some refine.
Some illuminate.
Some reveal
what remains…
when everything unnecessary
has fallen away.
I am the phoenix.
And I no longer
fear the fire.
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