Hide my face from the sun
Cool darkness shelter me
Sometimes the light just burns
And these open wounds are festering
Still I try to break
These chains of consequence
Stumbling through the wreakage of my past
Rising just to fall again

So you've tried to hold me down
I will bite the hands that beat me
And I guess I can take some pride
In the fact that I'll never be just like you
I'd kill myself before I'd be like you

Rise from a broken life
Smiling as the bridges burn
These scars tell the story of a few mistakes
Hard lessons that I've had to learn
Now I stand above it all
As twilight settles in
And a cool breeze of memory
Soothes my blistered skin

I am my only enemy
You wouldn't believe the things I've done to me
I scream-scream out loud
Try to wake myself
From this nightmare that I call my life

From the ashes
I will arise
Turn my back to all your pain
And search for bluer skies
From the ashes
Hope is born again
To help me make it through the night
Till morning comes again

Rise
From the ashes of self destruction
From the ashes of self destruction
I will rise