Burn Bright From Ashes

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was raised on silence, fists, and rage,
In a house built of fear, where love couldn’t stay.
The walls screamed louder than the voices inside,
A child with no shelter, nowhere to hide.

You taught me that love was a weapon to wield,
Every touch a scar that never healed.
A ghost in the corner, I swallowed the blame,
But even shadows learn to call out their own name.

[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve worn bruises like a second skin,
Tried to drown my thoughts, but they learned to swim.
I was told I was nothing, just dead weight,
But now I’m the fire that you can’t escape.

[Chorus]
Broken bones, bleeding hearts,
Every crack in my soul is where I start.
From the ashes of pain, I’ve learned to rise,
With every tear, I’ve opened my eyes.
The world tried to break me, but I’m still alive,
I’ve been broken, built, and now I burn bright.

[Verse 2]
Neglect is a knife that carves slow and deep,
It taught me that hunger was safer than need.
The lies in your smile were sharper than steel,
Telling me I was nothing until I learned how to feel.

You left me alone, abandoned and torn,
Choking on anger that I couldn’t mourn.
I grew from the cracks where your love never came,
A flower from stone, unashamed of the pain.

[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve heard “you’ll never be enough” in my dreams,
But I’ve silenced those echoes with my own screams.
Your hands built prisons, but I’ve built a fire,
Turning every failure into something higher.

[Chorus]
Broken bones, bleeding hearts,
Every crack in my soul is where I start.
From the ashes of pain, I’ve learned to rise,
With every tear, I’ve opened my eyes.
The world tried to break me, but I’m still alive,
I’ve been broken, built, and now I burn bright.

[Bridge] (Stripped back, raw emotion)
You can’t crush a spirit that’s tasted hell,
I’ve crawled through the fire; I’ve learned to rebel.
Every slap, every scream, every word meant to kill,
Built a will in my bones you can never steal.

Now I’m standing on the wreckage of what I’ve survived,
Your shadows can’t touch the light in my eyes.
This isn’t revenge; it’s the power I’ve earned,
From the lessons of pain, from the scars that I’ve burned.

[Breakdown] (Explosive energy, heavy instrumentation)
I’ve been kicked, I’ve been beaten, I’ve been left for dead,
Torn apart by the words that echoed in my head.
But every wound you gave me is a mark of proof,
That the darkest hell gave me the sharpest truth.

[Final Chorus]
Broken bones, bleeding hearts,
Every crack in my soul is where I start.
From the ashes of pain, I’ve learned to rise,
With every tear, I’ve opened my eyes.
The world tried to break me, but I’m still alive,
I’ve been broken, built, and now I burn bright.

[Outro]
I was born from silence, fists, and rage,
But I tore down the walls and stepped from the cage.
I’ve been broken, built, and burning inside,
Now I walk through the fire with nothing to hide.