Ashes and chains

Smoke in my lungs, but I still breathe fire Chains on my wrists, but I climb up higher Ghosts in the dark, still whisper my name But I dance on the ashes, I break every chain A house of echoes, walls full of screams Footsteps like thunder inside of my dreams There was a shadow that swallowed the light But I grew like a wildfire, burning the night The wolves wore smiles, the angels stayed blind Left me screaming in silence, trapped in my mind But I stitched up my scars with the fire inside Now I dance on the ashes, no longer denied I am the storm, I am the flood I am the roots that rise from the mud No chains, no graves, no cursed blood Can silence the song of a phoenix reborn Smoke in my lungs, but I still breathe fire Chains on my wrists, but I climb up higher Ghosts in the dark, still whisper my name But I dance on the ashes, I break every chain She turned her head when the night swallowed me Called it a story, called it a dream A mother's love should shelter the lost But she locked the door, left me out in the frost The wolves wore smiles, the angels stayed blind Left me screaming in silence, trapped in my mind But I stitched up my scars with the fire inside Now I dance on the ashes, no longer denied I am the storm, I am the flood I am the roots that rise from the mud No chains, no graves, no cursed blood Can silence the song of a phoenix reborn They tried to bury me, deep in the past But flowers still bloom, where the bones turn to ash Golden from pain, forged in the night A girl once forgotten, now burning in light Smoke in my lungs, but I still breathe fire Chains on my wrists, but I climb up higher Ghosts in the dark, still whisper my name But I dance on the ashes, I break every chain So whisper my name, from the grave if you dare I don't bow to ghosts, I don't live in despair The fire still rages, the storm is still mine I walk through the wreckage, but I rise every time