Phoenix from Ashes

I was broken open,

but I

did not

end

Something in my chest learned how to stand You called it love

while you emptied my hands Kept moving the line,

made me doubt where I stand I carried your storms like they

came from the sky But the truth had a blade and it

opened my eyes Every lie that you fed me got carved into

prayer

Now I walk through the fire like I was born there

I gave you my kindness,

you used it as chains I buried my softness and watered the

pain Now angels in armor are calling my name I rise with

the lesson, I rise with the flame

You made a fighter out of me

Used my heart and set my spirit free

I got scars, but they shine like gold I am more than

what you tried to hold

You made a fighter out of me

Now my soul stands tall where I used to bleed I

stopped asking why you could sleep through the hurt Stopped begging for

peace from the hands that made dirt I cut every cord that

was feeding my fear The voice in my blood said the exit

is here No throne for the ones who survive off my fall

I answer to heaven,

not people who crawl

I forgive my own silence

I forgive my own fear

Every bruise became guidance

Every loss brought me here

I am spirit with knuckles

I am mercy with steel

You made a fighter out of me

Used my heart and set my spirit free

I got scars, but they shine like gold

I am more than what you tried to hold

You made a fighter out of me

Now my soul stands tall where I used to bleed (yeah)

Where I used to bleed

I am not what they broke

I am what rose