PHOENIX HEART

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse]

There's a chapel made of broken glass 

Where wounded come to pray 

With their scars like stained-glass windows 

Letting light shine through the gray 

I've been walking through the ashes 

Of the bridges that I burned 

But the preacher in the mirror 

Says there's lessons to be learned

[Chorus]

Rise up, phoenix heart 

From the embers of your pain 

Let the fire that once destroyed you 

Be the flame that breaks your chains 

Rise up, phoenix heart 

Spread your wings against the night 

Sometimes you've got to fall apart 

To remember how to fight

[Verse]

In the garden of forgiveness 

Where the bitter weeds once grew 

Now there's roses blooming crimson 

In the morning's healing dew 

I've been counting all my blessings 

On these calloused, working hands 

While the choir of my conscience 

Helps me finally understand

[Chorus]

Rise up, phoenix heart 

From the embers of your pain 

Let the fire that once destroyed you 

Be the flame that breaks your chains 

Rise up, phoenix heart 

Spread your wings against the night 

Sometimes you've got to fall apart 

To remember how to fight

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]

There's a river running backwards 

Through the valley of my soul 

Washing clean the muddy footprints 

Of the man I used to know 

And the angels in the attic 

Sing their hallelujah songs 

For the prodigal returning 

Who's been wandering too long

[Final Chorus]

Rise up, phoenix heart 

From the cathedral of your tears

 Let the bells of resurrection 

Ring away your darkest fears 

Rise up, phoenix heart 

You're stronger than you know 

Sometimes the deepest healing 

Comes from letting yourself go

[Outro]

In the chapel made of  broken glass 

Where the light shines through the pain 

I found God inside the fragments 

Of a heart that beats again

I found God inside the fragments 

Of a heart that beats again

[Instrumental Outro]