Ash and Iron

Rust in my lungs

Black on my hands

Every old scar

Spells out your demands

You built me in fear

You sharpened my will

Thought you were god

I was just steel

I wore your blame like broken armor

Dragged my name through broken glass

Thought your truth was carved in granite

Watch it crack

Watch it pass

I rise from ash and iron

Screaming out your name

You forged me just to break me

Now I melt your chains

You tried to be my kingdom

I burned down every throne

From ash and iron

I’m finally my own

Your voice in my head

Hammer on bone

“Bow when I speak”

Echoes like stone

But pressure makes form

And pressure breaks

Too

You taught me resistance

I’m using on you (yeah)

I wore your blame like broken armor

Dragged my name through broken glass

Thought your truth was carved in granite

Watch it crack

Watch it pass

I rise from ash and iron

Screaming out your name

You forged me just to break me

Now I melt your chains

You tried to be my kingdom

I burned down every throne

From ash and iron

I’m finally my own

I am the fracture

You didn’t foresee

The fracture

The fissure

That sets me free

I am the fault line

Under your feet

Count every tremor

As my heartbeat (hey!)

I rise from ash and iron

Screaming out your name

You forged me just to break me

Now I melt your chains

You tried to be my kingdom

I burned down every throne

From ash and iron

I’m finally my own