[Verse 1] I knew that yard by heart Rust on the gate, cracked stone My name carved in the shed wall Where the summer overthrew my bones I watched the smoke back then Take the porch and the old red paint You said I’d never last the flame Now I’m the part it couldn’t take [Pre-Chorus] I learned the dark I learned the cold I kept one spark Inside my skull [Chorus] Rising from the ashes Rising, rise again Rising from the ashes Biting through the pain I wore the burn like scripture Now I wear it like a crown Rising from the ashes I’m still here I’m not down [Verse 2] There was a night so long The moon looked like a chipped old blade I stood in the cinders, numb With every lie I’d ever made But the wind kept naming me Through the soot and the fallen beams It said, “Boy, you’re not the ruin You’re the fire under the dream” [Pre-Chorus] So I bled the fear Out of my hands I found my voice In the blackened sand [Chorus] Rising from the ashes Rising, rise again Rising from the ashes Biting through the pain I wore the burn like scripture Now I wear it like a crown Rising from the ashes I’m still here I’m not down [Bridge] [Half-time break] Hear me now I was buried alive I was lost in the soot But I crawled to the light Every scar Every crack in my name I keep the old smoke And I turn it to flame [Final Chorus] Rising from the ashes Rising, rise again Rising from the ashes Biting through the pain I wore the burn like scripture Now I wear it like a crown Rising from the ashes I’m still here I’m not down Rising from the ashes Tell the wreckage I’m alive Rising from the ashes I was born from the fire inside