Breaking the Fireline

I hear the noise inside my head,

Every word I never said.

Tried to bury what I know,

But the deeper that I go— I find a fire underneath,

Something waking up in me.

You told me I would never change,

That I was stuck inside this cage.

But every scar became a map,

And every loss became a match.

Now I'm standing in the dark,

With a heartbeat like a spark.

You can try to pull me down,

But I'm done with hitting ground.

I feel it coming back again,

The pressure underneath my skin.

If this is where the old me dies,

Then watch me open up my eyes.

I'm breaking through the static,

I'm louder than the panic.

You thought I'd disappear,

But I'm still standing here.

I'm not afraid of falling,

I'm done with hearing you calling.

If I lose everything tonight,

I'll build it back from the firelight.

Maybe I was never meant To be the person you expected.

Maybe all the cracks I hide Are the reason I'm alive.

And I don't need your permission,

I don't need your recognition.

I've spent too long trying to fit Inside a world that never

fit.

Yeah— I kept my head down,

kept moving, Everybody talking like they knew me.

I took every hit,

kept proving I could turn every setback into something.

No more waiting, no more chains,

No more running from the pain.

You wanted silence? Here's the sound.

You tried to bury me— I'M COMING OUT.

You pushed me— I pushed back.

You broke me— I rebuilt that.

Every doubt, every attack,

Every time you said I couldn't— I REMEMBER THAT.

(gooo) GO!

(screaming: HELL IS EMPTY AND THE DEVIL IS HERE!)

TEAR IT DOWN TO THE VERY CORE!

NO MORE RUNNING, WE RISE FOR WAR!

BURNING THE CHAINS, RECLAIMING THE THRONE!

YOU DON'T GET TO TAKE MY LIFE AWAY!

YOU DON'T GET TO TELL ME WHO TO BE!

I'VE BEEN BURIED UNDER EVERYTHING—

NOW I'M DIGGING MY WAY FREE!

I'M BREAKING THROUGH THE STATIC!

(BREAK IT! BREAK IT!) I'M DONE WITH ALL THE PANIC!

(LET IT BURN!) YOU CAN'T KEEP ME IN THE DARK!

YOU CAN'T EXTINGUISH THIS SPARK!

(scream: I'M STILL HERE!)

(scream: I'M STILL HERE!) AND I'M NEVER GOING BACK!

YOU WANTED ME GONE...

(screaming: SO WATCH ME RISE.) YOU WANTED ME BROKEN...

LOOK IN MY EYES.

(chant: Breaking down the walls,

breaking down the fear!) (chant: Facing the judgment,

standing firm!) YOU THOUGHT THE FIRE

WOULD BURN ME AWAY— BUT I'M THE FIRE.

AND I'M HERE TO STAY.

(sustained screaming: I HAVE RISEN FROM THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR!)

(screaming: I'M STILL HERE!!!)