[Intro]
Yeah — you thought you broke me down
But I was folding paper boats in a storm — now I refill crowns
Breath short, hands shake, last text on replay — count the rounds
This is slow, this is patient, this is me taking back my sound
[Verse 1]
Gave you my mornings, phone lit like warning / nights I rehearsed your name till my spine was mourning
Gave you apartment keys and birthday dinners, traded my friends for your small, quiet sinners
You wore my jacket at her door, that cotton smell became the score / locket with your laugh turned to lacquered lore
Sleepless on hardwood, replay every call — thumbprints on glass, late nights I gave my all
Anxiety in the rib cage, whispers in the hush / depression’s thin voice counting every lost trust
I quit my plans, I quit my time, I folded futures into paper lines / you turned them into ash and petty crimes
[Pre-Chorus]
Anger climbs like ivy, quiet but tight / tremor in my jaw, but my aim is right
I was small in your story, now I write the scene / from shadowed corners to a spotlight clean
[Chorus]
Phoenix up — watch me burn
[Verse 2]
You thought silence would rot me, let me wilt in blame / I catalogued the crumbs, mapped the place you laid your claim
Polaroids in a shoebox, I burned the edges slow / smoke spelled your name — I watched the embers glow
You kissed her with my ring light, called it fate in the night / I call it proof, a headline stitched to your lie
Internal rhymes, internal fights — I sharpened my tone in those quiet nights
No dramatic explosions, just a cold, steady purge — ghost your calls, public glow-up, let your circle surge
I feed my confidence slow, like a drum that starts to learn / my steps measure meter, the world begins to turn
[Spoken — half-verse, low]
I counted pills of time, nights where my stomach tied in knots
Hands that used to steady me trembled — gave you everything and got the plots
This small voice said "stay" until it was a shout / depression spoke two lines — then I cut it out
[Bridge — raw couplet, depression voice]
I lay awake with your name like a fever, counting broken maps and lesser favors
A whisper: "You’re nothing without him" — then the whisper faded, and I found my savior
[Post-Bridge — flip back]
Cold silence campaign — I stop the calls, stop the likes / I walk through rooms like I own the lights
Expose your mirror to its cracks, let the truth reflect back / champagne on my table where once lay your jacket
One image for revenge: my glow, your hush — I post the truth slow, watch the rumor rush
This is not violence, it’s a reclaim — a public unmasking of your lesser name
[Chorus]
Phoenix up — watch me burn
[Outro]
You took everything but left the coal — I turned it into heat
I’m walking in heels over glass, heart steady, beat by beat
Remember the girl who shook and shook, now she’s a city at night — bright
Phoenix up — watch me burn, I own the ash and the light
