[Verse]
She rose beneath a gentle sun’s pure fire,
A beacon of hope, veiled in silver-green attire.

The vow of dawn gleamed softly in her tender hold;
Each song she offered fell to earth as drops of gold.

Her roots breathed hymns of joy through dreaming ground;
Each ray bore a blessing, each breeze a gentle sound.

Adorned in bloom, her branches fed the hungry soul ...
A lucid heart serene, a kind spirit whole.

Yet no scar remained,
No shadow disobeyed.

[Bridge]
But somewhere 'neath the bloom, still buried deep,
A nightmare stirred in shallow sleep.

[Pre-Chorus - Emotional]
Hold fast ... for every day must part.
Soon the dusk will fall ... prepare your guiltless heart!

[Chorus - Powerful]
Through trials of flame we are revealed ... what will you become?
When fate takes all your light away, what endures, O shining one?

Remember,

When all has burned to embers low,
as darkness fades from view ...

Even withered hearts may heal,
and find their shine anew.

[Verse]
Then came the storms ... and swallowed every song;
Drought and frost drained mercy’s bloom that lived in her so long.

She raised thorns in defense ... till the tender turned away;
Her fruit, once sweet, grew bitter from her lonely tears’ decay.

As rain forsook her, she learned to feast on what still breathed ...
Drawn by despair, by searing hunger unrelieved.

[Bridge]
She mistook endurance for meaning,
And pain ... for proof.
Each ache her tutor; each fracture shaped her bitter truth.

And in the hush that followed breaking ... she bowed her head and called it waking.

[Pre-Chorus]
Look up ... recall the gentle rain.
Hear my promise: don’t give in; it shall find you once again.

[Chorus - Powerful]
Through trials of flame we are revealed ... beware what you become.
Should fate steal your light away, please endure, O fading one.

Believe,

When all has burned to embers low,
as darkness fades from view ...

Even withered hearts may heal,
and find their shine anew.

[Interlude]

[Verse]
No storm can rage forever; even ruin finds its rest.
Yet solace passed her by ...
A darkness nested in her chest.

When the sun returned ... tender, unarmed ...
Knocking at her door,
she could not open anymore...

No laughter left, no tear to cry;
Her heart grew cold, her soul bled dry.

Now she feeds upon the rot she breeds;
She thrives within the shadows she has grown;
Her choking touch turns all to lifeless stone.

[Break]

What wound can shape reality?
When does pain become identity?

[Bridge - Sad]
"I wore beauty ... and was betrayed.
I cherished life ... and watched it fade.
Now I feast on what can’t flee;

I rot ...
to mar all purity." ...

So she spits her curse ... nothing but poison left inside;
The vessel of decay ... the blessing turned to blight.

[Pre-Chorus]
Poor soul ... you’ve lost your glow;
And though it breaks my heart,
I have to let you go ...

[Final Chorus - Powerful]
Through trials of flame you were revealed ... behold what you’ve become.
Cruel fate stole all your light away; forever lost, O withered one.

Alas,

no embers gleam, all turned to ash;
though the night is through ...

Your withered heart can never heal,
nor ever rise anew ...

No ...

you will never rise anew.

[End]