[Intro – whispered, steady beat]
I’ve drowned, I’ve burned, I’ve begged for the end…
But I’m still here.
So this time — I fight.
[Verse 1]
I carried the shame like a noose on my throat,
Built my own prison, wore failure as a coat.
But the glass finally cracked, the silence gave way,
I’ve bled too much life just to waste it away.
[Pre-Chorus]
They thought I’d crumble, thought I’d cave in,
But ashes don’t own me — I’ll breathe again.
[Chorus]
From the wreckage I’m rising, from the fire I crawl,
Scars on my back, but I’m breaking the wall.
Every chain that you gave me, I’ll turn into flame,
Ashes don’t own me — remember my name.
[Verse 2]
I see the graves of the demons I fed,
But they don’t haunt me, they’re silent, they’re dead.
I walk through the smoke with the past at my heel,
The wounds still ache, but the skin starts to heal.
[Bridge – screamed / distorted]
I was begging for an out, I was begging for peace,
But the fire in my chest refused to cease.
I’m not your victim, I’m not your slave,
This body, this voice — I will not trade.
[Chorus – stronger, soaring]
From the wreckage I’m rising, from the fire I crawl,
Scars on my back, but I’m breaking the wall.
Every chain that you gave me, I’ll turn into flame,
Ashes don’t own me — remember my name.
[Outro – softer, determined]
The dark still lingers, but it doesn’t define,
I’ve walked through hell… and the fire’s mine.
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