broken wings ascend (Alt)

I wear my name like a match to the rain I grin

through teeth like a chapel of pain Tonight I redraw the border

of my skin No saints,

no shelter—let the riot in (ahhhh)

Mirror talks back in a language of cuts I chase my face

through the rust of my blood Winter in my lungs,

still I spit out fire I’m a broken wing learning how to

climb higher (huh)

Hold me under—watch me learn to breathe

I want the truth,

even if it breaks my teeth If I’m a ghost,

I’ll haunt my old design I’m done being yours,

I’m done being mine (oh-oh)

Set me on fire,

I won’t fade away I’ll carve my new name from the night

and the chain I’m not your ruin—I’m my own release From scars

to wings, I’m becoming me (hey) (woah-oh)

I stitched up silence with a needle of noise

Made a throne from the scraps of my damaged poise

Every “stay” was a storm in a borrowed room Now I swing

like a lantern through the coming gloom (yeah)

Let the old crown crack,

let the brave hurt show

I won’t bow to the hunger that I used to know

If love is a war,

I’ll choose my side tonight Strike the match—watch the cold turn bright (oh-oh)

Set me on fire,

I won’t fade away I’ll carve my new name from the night

and the chain I’m not your ruin—I’m my own release From scars

to wings, I’m becoming me (hey) (woah-oh)

Speak low—my heart is a locked room

Say my true name and the walls will move

I’ve been the storm and the streetlight both I’m done with the

mask, I’m done with the oath (ahhhh)

Set me on fire,

I won’t fade away I’ll carve my new name from the night

and the chain I’m not your ruin—I’m my own release From scars

to wings, I’m becoming me (hey) (woah-oh)