The Alchemy of Scars

Title: "The Alchemy of Scars"

(Verse 1)

You thought you left me in the garden of the weeds

Buried under dirt and all your disappointed needs

But you forgot that I’ve been breathing through the silt

I’ve been weaving something golden from the cages that you built

I’m not the girl who used to apologize for space

I’ve got a different kind of hunger written on my face

I took the stones you threw and started polishing the edges

Now I’m standing on the precipice, dancing on the ledges.

(Chorus)

It’s the alchemy of scars, turning lead into the light

I’m a constellation blooming in the middle of your night

You can’t break what’s been forged in the center of the flame

Now you’re stuttering the syllables, you’re choking on my name

I’m the mercury, I’m the gold, I’m the silver in the knife

I’m the masterpiece you couldn’t paint with your narrow little life.

(Verse 2)

Watch the way I move, like a velvet revolution

I’m the problem you created, and I’m not the soul-solution

I’ve got diamonds in my marrow and iron in my spit

If you’re looking for my spirit, you’ll find no white flag in it

The bruises turned to constellations, the tears turned into pearls

I’m the architect of empires, the destroyer of your worlds

I’ve been quiet for a season, just to hear the way you lie

Now I’m the thunder cracking open your monochromatic sky.

(Outro)

Transmuting...

I’m evolving while you’re losing.

Check the gold beneath the skin.

This is where I finally win.

Female voice