[Intro — LOW PULSE / BREATHING]
(heartbeat, slow inhale/exhale)
I wasn’t dead…
I was becoming.
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[Verse 1 — CLEAN / QUIET DETERMINATION]
I woke up in the ruins of my skin
With smoke where the fear had been
Every scar still sings my name
But the fire’s starting to change
I stood where the floor gave in
With nothing left to lose again
The dark still lives inside my chest
But it doesn’t own my breath
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[Pre-Chorus — RISING]
If I survived the worst of me
I can survive what comes next
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[Chorus — HUGE / CLEAN + SCREAM LAYERS]
The ashes learn to breathe again
The fire remembers who I am
I was buried but I didn’t break
I bent in hell but I didn’t fade
The ashes learn to breathe again
My heartbeat roars inside the flame
I was lost but I’m not erased
I’m still standing in the wake
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[Verse 2 — HEAVIER]
I stopped apologizing to the past
For not being built to make it last
I stopped asking for the blame
And started calling it my name
I don’t need their chains to feel alive
I don’t need their crown to survive
I don’t need to be what they see
I only need what’s left of me
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[Pre-Chorus 2 — GROWL UNDER CLEAN]
I carried the dark through the storm and rain
Now I’m learning how to walk through flames
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[Chorus — EXPANDED]
The ashes learn to breathe again
The fire remembers who I am
I was buried but I didn’t break
I bent in hell but I didn’t fade
The ashes learn to breathe again
My heartbeat roars inside the flame
I was lost but I’m not erased
I’m still standing in the wake
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[Breakdown — SLOW / HEAVY GROOVE]
(GUTTURAL)
I AM NOT WHAT YOU MADE ME
I AM WHAT SURVIVED
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[Bridge — CLEAN / HOPEFUL]
Every scar is a map of my escape
Every wound is a word I reclaimed
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[Final Chorus — MASSIVE]
The ashes learn to breathe again
The fire remembers who I am
I was buried but I didn’t break
I bent in hell but I didn’t fade
The ashes learn to breathe again
My heartbeat roars inside the flame
I was lost but I’m not erased
I’m still standing in the wake
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[Outro — WHISPER → RISE]
I’m not afraid of the dark anymore.
