[Intro]
They built a wall from every word they threw
I kept the match they thought they burned right through
[Verse 1]
You drew a target on my back
Then watched for every step I lacked
You passed my name from hand to hand
Like I would break on your command
I learned the weight of every stare
The cold arithmetic of unfair
But every stone you sent my way
Became the ground beneath my feet today
[Pre-Chorus]
Count me out, write me off
I have heard that voice before
You can lock the iron door
I am not who I was before
[Chorus]
I rise from the ashes
You cannot bury the flame
You can tear at my edges
But you will not take my name
I rise, I rise
When the whole world wants me gone
From the dust, from the fire
I come back twice as strong
[Drop]
Rise!
From the ashes!
Twice as strong!
[Verse 2]
You mistook my quiet for defeat
Mistook the bruises for retreat
I took the pieces that you broke
And built a weapon from the smoke
No borrowed crown, no alibi
I face the pressure eye to eye
The cracks you carved across my skin
Are where the morning enters in
[Pre-Chorus]
Count me out, write me off
I have heard that voice before
You can lock the iron door
I am not who I was before
[Chorus]
I rise from the ashes
You cannot bury the flame
You can tear at my edges
But you will not take my name
I rise, I rise
When the whole world wants me gone
From the dust, from the fire
I come back twice as strong
[Bridge]
Let the old version disappear
Let every doubt become sincere
I am the answer you denied
Still standing with the wreckage at my side
[Final Chorus]
I rise from the ashes
You cannot bury the flame
You can tear at my edges
But you will not take my name
I rise, I rise
Hear the heartbeat carry on
From the dust, from the fire
I come back twice as strong
[Outro]
From the dust
From the fire
I come back
Twice as strong