Sever the Dark, Stitch the Light

Teeth in the coil

Ash in my lungs

Praying to rust

With a mouth full of blood

Frames in the fire

Names in the wire

You said “endure”

While the world came undone

Every wound spelled out

Like scripture in red

Every vow burned black

But it stays in my head (it stays in my head)

Sever the dark and stitch the light

Cut every chain that held me tight

From broken bone to burning sky

I rise

I rise

I rise

Sever the dark that starved my sight

Thread through the scars

Remake my life

From shattered faith to sharpened fight

I rise

I rise tonight

Sleep in the open

Rain in my chest

Grief like a ghost

With its hands on my neck

I carve a symbol

Right into the fear

Hope is a whisper

That you nail to the ear (hey!)

Every word you spoke

Still shakes in my ribs

Every “you won’t heal”

Just something I rip

Sever the dark and stitch the light

Cut every chain that held me tight

From broken bone to burning sky

I rise

I rise

I rise

Sever the dark that starved my sight

Thread through the scars

Remake my life

From shattered faith to sharpened fight

I rise

I rise tonight

Let it snap

Let it snap

All the threads of the past

Let ‘em crack

Let it bleed

Let it burn

I will not go back

I will not unlearn

Slice through the shadow

Rip out the rot

If mercy won’t find me

I’ll forge what it’s not (yeah!)

Stitch by stitch

Hand through the fire

I’m building a body

Out of rage and desire

Sever the dark and stitch the light

Cut every chain that held me tight

From broken bone to burning sky

I rise

I rise

I rise

Sever the dark that starved my sight

Thread through the scars

Remake my life

From shattered faith to sharpened fight

I rise

I rise tonight