rise into the light

Rise Into the Light I walked through fire With ash in my lungs Names that they gave me Cut into my tongue I carried shadows Like armor and chains Tracing old fault lines Under my skin’s terrain But every crack Let a little light in I was breaking I was also beginning (oh) I rise into the light With every scar in sight I’m done trying to hide the way I’m made I’m not afraid of my own flame I’m standing in the sun The war inside me won I won’t trade my heart to make them right I rise I rise into the light They drew their borders Across my belief Tried to rewrite me Page after page Written in grief But I found a mirror That spoke like a friend Said “You are the story You do not have to bend” (yeah) The fear was loud But my truth was louder From the wreckage I built a tower I rise into the light With every scar in sight I’m done trying to hide the way I’m made I’m not afraid of my own flame I’m standing in the sun The war inside me won I won’t trade my heart to make them right I rise I rise into the light This is my name This is my face This is the wild Unbroken space This is my voice This is my choice I will not shrink I will rejoice (hey!) I rise into the light With every scar in sight I’m done trying to hide the way I’m made I’m not afraid of my own flame I’m standing in the sun The war inside me won No more shadows left to fight I finally feel my freedom taking flight I’m not gone I became the light I rise I rise into the light I rise I rise into the light