Lyrics
I know what survived I wear it now Red dust in the collar, black mark on the wrist Whole life tried to break me and it barely made a dent I came through the heat with the iron still warm Not clean, not polished — just harder in form Long road in my lungs, cold rain in my jaw I learned how to stand when the ground had a flaw No spotlight mercy, no soft way in Just a room full of smoke and a will that won’t bend Let it shine ugly Let it shine scarred I don’t need gold To look this hard Crown of cinders on my head Still burning, still not dead I don’t wear light — I wear what stayed Crown of cinders, unafraid Let the whole sky see the ash See the fire I carried back If it cost me blood, then let it show Crown of cinders — let it glow Steel frame in the mirror, cracked glass in the hall I quit chasing clean victories after the fall Every bruise got a language, every scar got a name I don’t hide either one — I let them feed the flame No borrowed halo, no silver disguise Just the smoke of the fight and the truth in my eyes They can call it damage, I call it proof I was built by the burn and it tightened the truth Let it shine ugly Let it shine scarred I don’t need gold To look this hard Crown of cinders on my head Still burning, still not dead I don’t wear light — I wear what stayed Crown of cinders, unafraid Let the whole sky see the ash See the fire I carried back If it cost me blood, then let it show Crown of cinders — let it glow I quit waiting for the wound to look pretty Quit waiting for the dark to forgive me What lived through the flame belongs to me And I wear it where the whole world can see Crown of cinders on my head Still burning, still not dead I don’t wear light — I wear what stayed Crown of cinders, unafraid Let the whole sky see the ash See the fire I carried back If it cost me blood, then let it show Crown of cinders — let it glow Ash in the gold Fire in the bones
Lyrics
I know what survived I wear it now Red dust in the collar, black mark on the wrist Whole life tried to break me and it barely made a dent I came through the heat with the iron still warm Not clean, not polished — just harder in form Long road in my lungs, cold rain in my jaw I learned how to stand when the ground had a flaw No spotlight mercy, no soft way in Just a room full of smoke and a will that won’t bend Let it shine ugly Let it shine scarred I don’t need gold To look this hard Crown of cinders on my head Still burning, still not dead I don’t wear light — I wear what stayed Crown of cinders, unafraid Let the whole sky see the ash See the fire I carried back If it cost me blood, then let it show Crown of cinders — let it glow Steel frame in the mirror, cracked glass in the hall I quit chasing clean victories after the fall Every bruise got a language, every scar got a name I don’t hide either one — I let them feed the flame No borrowed halo, no silver disguise Just the smoke of the fight and the truth in my eyes They can call it damage, I call it proof I was built by the burn and it tightened the truth Let it shine ugly Let it shine scarred I don’t need gold To look this hard Crown of cinders on my head Still burning, still not dead I don’t wear light — I wear what stayed Crown of cinders, unafraid Let the whole sky see the ash See the fire I carried back If it cost me blood, then let it show Crown of cinders — let it glow I quit waiting for the wound to look pretty Quit waiting for the dark to forgive me What lived through the flame belongs to me And I wear it where the whole world can see Crown of cinders on my head Still burning, still not dead I don’t wear light — I wear what stayed Crown of cinders, unafraid Let the whole sky see the ash See the fire I carried back If it cost me blood, then let it show Crown of cinders — let it glow Ash in the gold Fire in the bones
