Rising Fire

[Verse 1]
I was crawling through the ashes
Breathing in my past like smoke
Every promise I ever buried
Burned my name into the oak

[Pre-Chorus]
But embers in the dark kept talking
Tiny sparks beneath the stone
If the night keeps on collapsing
I won't die here all alone

[Chorus]
Rising fire
From the ruins of my own two hands
Rising higher
I was broken
Now I learn to stand
Through the cinder and the wire
I am
I am
A rising fire

[Verse 2]
I wore shame like heavy armor
Rust and anger on my skin
Every mirror showed a stranger
Till I cracked the glass again

[Pre-Chorus]
I can feel the heat start breathing
Underneath this tired shell
If I'm walking through the furnace
Let it turn my fear to hell

[Chorus]
Rising fire
From the ruins of my own two hands
Rising higher
I was broken
Now I learn to stand
Through the cinder and the wire
I am
I am
A rising fire

[Bridge]
[Band drops to voice and guitar]
Let the old me turn to powder
Let the old lies fade to gray
I was buried
But this heartbeat
Keeps digging out
Digging out of the grave (yeah)

[Chorus]
Rising fire
From the ruins of my own two hands
Rising higher
I was broken
Now I learn to stand
Through the cinder and the wire
I am
I am
A rising fire

[Outro]
[Soaring guitar solo over final chorus chords]