Ashes in My Teeth

[Verse 1] I wore that year like rust On a frame made thin Bills on the table Bad news in the bin I bit my tongue at dawn Took the blows in stride Every door I kicked Led to another side [Verse 2] The floor gave out in spring Then the smoke came in Friends turned into echoes Names I couldn't pin I learned the shape of hurt In a mirror's glare Still I stood there burning With my hands in the air [Pre-Chorus] You tried to bury me Deep in the black But I felt that spark And I bit back One more breath One more scar I'm still here I'm still hard [Chorus] I survived my worst year Still I rise, still I rage I survived my worst year Now I'm tearing off the cage You can't keep me under You can't hold me down I survived my worst year Hear that roar in the ground [Verse 3] January broke my jaw May took my sleep June was all red sirens And promises too cheap I walked through my own wreckage Barefoot, eyes wide Found a fist in my heartbeat Found a blade in my pride [Pre-Chorus] You tried to bury me Deep in the black But I felt that spark And I bit back One more breath One more scar I'm still here I'm still hard [Chorus] I survived my worst year Still I rise, still I rage I survived my worst year Now I'm tearing off the cage You can't keep me under You can't hold me down I survived my worst year Hear that roar in the ground [Bridge] Let the whole world shake Let it come again I've been forged in fire I know where I've been If I fall, I fall Like a hammer to steel Break me open, break me open I'll come back real [Final Chorus] I survived my worst year Still I rise, still I rage I survived my worst year Now I'm tearing off the cage You can't keep me under You can't hold me down I survived my worst year Hear that roar in the ground I survived my worst year And I'm taking back this town