The fire

[Intro] You only knew me when I asked permission. You never met what survived your answer. [Verse 1] They lit a torch in my shaking hand, said, “Hold it high. Be who we planned.” I wore their faith like borrowed skin, smiled through the smoke, held it in. You saw me bend and called me weak, spoke through every chance to speak. Then one small spark beneath my ribs refused to die the way you wished. [Pre-Chorus] Every time I broke, I came back clear. Courage isn’t silence. It moves beside the fear. [Chorus] Let it rise, let it roar. I don’t kneel to the dark anymore. Let it burn, let it break. Every scar is a road that I made. No chain forged can hold this flame. I move for truth, not praise or fame. Let it rise, let the whole sky know: I found my name in the afterglow. [Verse 2] I made myself small to fit your walls. You loved me best when I feared the fall. So I built a spine from the wreckage below. Fear still knocks. I don’t let it close. I need no anger to prove I survived, only the truth that keeps me alive. A steady heart, a clearer breath, and the nerve to choose what happens next. [Bridge] You thought you knew the shape of my fall. You built the box, you raised the wall. Look again. Every lock has sprung. Your judgment’s a whisper. My truth has lungs. I walked through your fire and kept every spark. Now I’m burning the map you drew in the dark. You wanted ashes. I became fire. [Final Chorus] Let it rise, let it roar. I don’t bow to that door anymore. Let it burn, let it break. Every scar is a step that I take. No old wound gets to govern my name. No chain forged can hold this flame. Let it rise, let the whole world know: This fire’s the self I’m growing into. [Outro] You called me wild. I became the fire. I don’t need your witness. I was there.