<Verse 1>
Locked away beneath the floorboards
In the cold where no one goes
Tiny flashes in the darkness
Trying not to lose their glow
Feathers scattered all around me
Some were taken, some were torn
Some I buried with my own hands
Trying to survive the storm
<Pre-Chorus>
Every bruise became a secret
Every chain became a scar
Everybody wanted pieces
No one cared for who you are
<Chorus>
I’m still here beneath the silence
Still alive beneath the weight
Wings tied down in rusted shackles
Yet my heart refuses chains
Can you hear me through the darkness?
Can you see me through the pain?
I’ve been hidden in the cellar
But the stars still know my name
<Verse 2>
Barefoot on the broken concrete
Holding onto scraps of warmth
Tattered lace around my shoulders
Trying to remember more
In the corner sits a treasure
Covered up by dust and years
Still it glimmers through the shadows
Like it knows I’m meant to heal
<Pre-Chorus>
Every scream became an echo
Every lie became a wall
Then a whisper found its way through
Soft enough to break them all
<Chorus>
I’m still here beneath the silence
Still alive beneath the weight
Wings tied down in rusted shackles
Yet my heart refuses chains
Can you hear me through the darkness?
Can you see me through the pain?
I’ve been hidden in the cellar
But the stars still know my name
<Bridge>
(quiet, vulnerable)
They said stay small
Stay hidden
Stay where the light won’t find you
But something ancient in my bones
Remembers how to fly
<Breakdown>
(huge emotional lift)
I am not the chains around me
I am not the hands that pulled my feathers free
I am not the darkness
I am not the cellar
I am everything they couldn’t bury
<Final Chorus>
I’m still here beyond the silence
Standing where the shadows break
Wings unfolded in the daylight
No longer carrying their weight
Can you hear me through the heavens?
Can you see me through the flame?
I was hidden in the cellar
Now the stars speak my name
<Outro>
(soft and airy)
Little flashes
Little sparks
Guiding me out of the dark
Feathers rising
One by one
Until the girl beneath became the sun
