[Verse 1]
Teeth clenched
Sleepless for years
Every night a rerun
Of the same old fears
Blood in my mouth
From biting my tongue
Carrying weight
That was never my own
[Pre-Chorus]
You said “be tough”
While I was breaking
You called it love
When it was caging
But these cracked bones
Are aiming higher
I’m done kneeling
Now I’m wired
[Chorus]
This is my war cry
For the wounds you never see
Every scar on my skin
Is a medal pinned on me
I was buried in the dark
Now I’m burning like a pyre
I survived every hell you made
Now my battle scars are fire
(my battle scars are fire)
[Verse 2]
Flashbacks hit
Like a freight train rush
Heart starts racing
Hands start to crush
But I breathe in deep
Ride out the quake
I’m not your victim
I’m my own awake
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear the voice
Saying “you’re nothing”
I hit it back
With every drum in my chest thumping
If pain’s a cage
Then I’m the wire
I bend
I twist
I spark
I rise higher
[Chorus]
This is my war cry
For the wounds you never see
Every scar on my skin
Is a medal pinned on me
I was buried in the dark
Now I’m burning like a pyre
I survived every hell you made
Now my battle scars are fire
(oh-oh, burning higher)
[Bridge]
[Drop to half-time
Guttural screams over stuttering synths]
I am not your shame
Not your silence
I am every tear
Turned to violence
On the nightmare’s neck
I put my boot
I am the storm
You helped root
[Chorus]
This is my war cry
For the wounds you never see
Every scar on my skin
Is a medal pinned on me
I was buried in the dark
Now I’m burning like a pyre
You can keep your chains and lies
I’ll keep walking through the fire
I survived every hell you made
Now my battle scars are fire
(yeah, my battle scars are fire)