BUILT FROM THE RUINS

I tried to bury the past in the dirt

But the dirt kept screaming my name

(Drop hits)

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I’ve been crawling through the wreckage

Of every promise I broke

Every night I taste the damage

Every word still cuts my throat

Built a home out of regret

Slept with ghosts inside my head

Every mirror shows a war

I don’t recognize myself anymore

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But I’m done bleeding for forgiveness

I’m done begging just to breathe

If I’m standing in the fire

Then the fire answers to me

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I was BUILT FROM THE RUINS

From the ash and the pain

Every scar tried to kill me

But it sharpened the blade

I don’t pray for salvation

I survived my own hell

I was built from the ruins

And I wear it like a crown

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I cut ties with my reflection

Fed the doubt to the dark

Let the hate teach me lessons

Let the fall leave its mark

They said “stay in your place”

I said “watch me escape”

I don’t need their permission

I don’t bow to the weight

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I stopped asking for mercy

From a world that never cared

If I’m walking through the fire

Then I’ll drag it fucking there

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I was BUILT FROM THE RUINS

From the ash and the pain

Every scar tried to kill me

But it sharpened the blade

I don’t pray for salvation

I survived my own hell

I was built from the ruins

And I wear it like a crown

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You don’t get to tell me who I am

When you never bled where I stand

I carved my name into the dark

With shaking hands and a feral heart

(Breakdown)

LEFT FOR DEAD

BUT I CRAWLED BACK

TEETH BARED

NO APOLOGIES

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I was BUILT FROM THE RUINS

I didn’t break, I became

Every loss lit the fuse

Every wound fed the flame

I don’t kneel for redemption

I don’t need to be saved

I was built from the ruins

And I’m still fucking standing

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Dead but dreaming

Still breathing through the smoke