Ascension

Smoke from yesterday's wreckage settles
I walk slow through twisted metals
Fractured reflections in the ruins
In a jagged shard, I see myself
Old sirens of hurt begin to sound
I close my eyes and hold my ground

You told me I was your guiding light
This final memory I'll overwrite

I was caught inside your overflow
Now I'm learning how to let it go
Every heartbeat lifting me higher
Feel the spark, I'm catching fire

All the wreckage that I keep
Every night I couldn't sleep
Turns to fire in my veins
Lifting me beyond the flames
This is my ascension, my ascension

Take me higher, higher
Feel the world fall under
Burning brighter, wilder
Split the storm asunder

The nights were long, but I held fast
I rewrote the code after every crash
Echoes linger, buzzing in my skin
But every shock rewired me from within
No more reaching back for what was before
That signal fades, I've closed the door

Raise one last glass before goodbye
In that side-street bar where we ran out of time

I was caught inside your overflow
Now I'm learning how to let it go
Every heartbeat lifting me higher
Feel the spark, I'm catching fire

All the wreckage that I keep
Every night I couldn't sleep
Turns to fire in my veins
Lifting me beyond the flames
This is my ascension, my ascension

Take me higher, higher
Feel the world fall under
Burning brighter, wilder
Split the storm asunder

I won't erase the ghosts of where I've been
Every crash rewired me from within
All the chains that used to hold me down
Break apart as I reclaim this ground

Your hand reaches out from the flames we lit
I feel the heat, but I won't die in it

All the scars I chose to keep
Every time I dared to leap
Turns to fire in my veins
Lifts me up through burning flames
I rise in ascension, my ascension

Take me higher, higher
Feel the world fall under
Burning brighter, wilder
Split the storm asunder

The smoke clears slow; what burned now carries me
I rise beyond the wreckage, in my endless ascendancy