yeah…
i ain’t come back the same…
i came back realer
i remember nights i ain’t think i’d see the morning
head full of noise, heart heavy with the warning
said i’d be okay but i was slowly deforming
smiles on my face while my soul was storming
lost in the cycle, i was chasing a numb
every high had a cost, every fall i was done
people saw the outside, they ain’t know what i’d become
just a shadow of a kid who was scared to run
from the pain, from the past, from the weight in my chest
from the choices i made, from the nights with no rest
i was talking to god but i still felt a test
like, “why save me now when i already messed?”
but something in me wouldn’t let me stay dead
even in the dark, i heard truth in my head
said, “you ain’t finished, you just buried instead”
now i’m digging out the grave i once called my bed
yeah, i burned every bridge, every version of me
now there’s nothing left… but what i could be
i rose from the ashes, yeah i came back scarred
flames didn’t break me, they just showed who we are
every loss, every wound, every invisible mark
turned the pain into fuel, now i’m lighting the dark
i’m a phoenix, i fall but i never stay gone
every time that i break, i come back even strong
yeah, the fire tried to end me, but it made me belong
now i rise… now i rise… yeah i rise from it all
i ain’t proud of the things i did just to cope
all the lies i told just to hold onto hope
tried to fill up a void with a chemical rope
every hit pulled me down but i called it a slope
friends faded out, i was losing my name
looking in the mirror didn’t feel the same
i was playing with death like it’s part of the game
didn’t care if i left, didn’t care about blame
but i felt something shift when i hit that floor
when i couldn’t pretend i was fine anymore
when the silence got loud and it started to roar
like a voice saying, “you were made for more”
so i stood up shaking, still covered in ash
still feeling the weight of the life that i trashed
but for once i ain’t run, i ain’t try to crash
i just faced who i was… let the fire pass
yeah, i lost who i was just to find something real
now the pain that i hid is the strength that i feel
i rose from the ashes, yeah i came back scarred
flames didn’t break me, they just showed who we are
every loss, every wound, every invisible mark
turned the pain into fuel, now i’m lighting the dark
i’m a phoenix, i fall but i never stay gone
every time that i break, i come back even strong
yeah, the fire tried to end me, but it made me belong
now i rise… now i rise… yeah i rise from it all
if you see me shining, just know where i’ve been
every glow got a past full of battles within
i ain’t perfect, i’m healing, i’m learning again
every loss taught me how not to lose in the end
i still got my scars, i don’t cover ‘em up
they remind me exactly what built me up
from the dust, from the pain, from the times i gave up
i was empty before, now i’m finally enough
i rose from the ashes, now i carry the flame
i don’t run from the fire, i remember the pain
every step that i take got a piece of that rain
turned the storm into growth, i ain’t drowning again
i’m a phoenix, i fall but i never stay gone
every time that i break, i come back even strong
yeah, the fire tried to end me, but it made me belong
now i rise… now i rise… yeah i rise from it all
burn me down, i’ll breathe again…
this ain’t the end, this where i begin…
from the ashes… yeah i rise…
from the ashes… i redefine my life