Ashes

I have always wondered if anyone will answer when I call
I turn my eyes to visions of glory
Let them settle 'neath my skin
And cry out
Build me up from ashes though I still have miles to go

I have never been the one to act like everything's okay
But I keep putting on a show today
Pull a smile from my lips
But I can't light the room forever
I am burning out
(I am burning out)
And everyone around me's catching
It's contagious trying to be brighter than you are

So build me up from ashes
Though I still have miles to go
Hide me from the fire
The parts of me I haven't left behind
(Haven't left behind)
I may not be everything I could be
But I'm everything I can be now, so
Build me up from ashes
Though I feel so far from home

Stealing quiet moments
Everything becomes so clear
I've been hiding from a million things I fear
Desperately distorting all the ways that I was made
Pretending I don't hear the truth that echoes in my brain
Pushed beyond my breaking point
I've gotta break the cycle
Get some sleep tonight
And swallow all my pride

So build me up from ashes
Though I still have miles to go
(Miles to go)
Hide me from the fire
The parts of me I haven't left behind
(Haven't left behind)
I may not be everything I could be
But I'm everything I can be now, so
Build me up from ashes
Though I feel so far, so far from home

When the flames arise again
I know I'm not alone, I never was
I'll no longer fuel this fire
I will let it burn, burn, burn out

So build me up from ashes
Though I still have miles to go
(Miles to go)
Hide me from the fire
The parts of me I haven't left behind
(Haven't left behind)
I may not be everything I could be
But I'm everything I can be now, so
(Everything I can be now)
Build me up from ashes
Now I think I've finally found a home