Phoenix In My Veins

[Intro]
Every song rises like a phoenix
From the flames
From the ashes
Same heartbeat
Different name
[Verse 1]
I’ve burned my throat on old confessions
Screamed my truth into the ground
Every scar a second language
Every loss a different sound
Red eyes
Staring at the ceiling
Blue dawn
Bleeding through the blinds
You can repaint every feeling
But the stain stays in the spine
[Pre-Chorus]
You can change the room
Change the city
Change the words I say
But underneath my breaking voice
Something never shakes
[Chorus]
Every song rises like a phoenix
From the flames
From the ashes
I break through
From red to blue
The colors keep on changing
But the core
The core remains the truth
You can tear my world apart a thousand ways
Only the future changes
I still got fire in my veins
[Verse 2]
I’ve thrown away my old reflections
Watched them warp inside the heat
All the versions I’ve rejected
Melt and gather at my feet
My hands still tremble when I’m honest
My chest still caves when I recall
How I loved like it was endless
How I shattered from the fall
[Pre-Chorus]
You can change the mask
Change the mirror
Change the story’s frame
But under all the fresh graffiti
It’s the same damn name
[Chorus]
Every song rises like a phoenix
From the flames
From the ashes
I break through
From red to blue
The colors keep on changing
But the core
The core remains the truth
You can tear my world apart a thousand ways
Only the future changes
I still got fire in my veins
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I’ve walked through rooms of silent faces
Carried storms behind my teeth
Tried to drown these heavy memories
They keep swimming back to me
[whispered vocals]
I am not my worst decision
I am not my yesterday
[full voice
Building]
I am every time I stood
In the smoke and chose to stay
[crescendo]
Red rage
Blue calm
Both live in my palms
I shake but I stand
I shake but I stand
[Chorus]
Every song rises like a phoenix
From the flames
From the ashes
I break through
From red to blue
The colors keep on changing
But the core
The core remains the truth
You can tear my world apart a thousand ways
Only the future changes
I still got fire in my veins
[Outro]
From the flames
From the ashes
From red to blue
I come back
I come back
Same heart
Beating something new

Epic modern rock ballad with male vocals; clean guitar arpeggios and airy pads in the verses, then huge distorted walls of sound and tom-heavy drums in the chorus. Slow burn intro that swells into a cinematic, cathartic hook; bridge strips down to vocal + sparse chords before a final, anthemic chorus with stacked harmonies and a soaring lead line.