Lyrics
The words.
[Verse 1]
Morning doesn’t ask permission
It just breaks against the glass
My body bargains with the ceiling
Praying this one moment lasts
Every heartbeat takes attendance
Every scar reports for duty
Before the world can call my name
I build the girl they think they see
Paint the gold across the fractures
Straighten every shaking line
If they ask me how I’m doing
I’ll just smile and say, “I’m fine.”
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[Pre-Chorus]
By the time the sun can find me
I’ve already won the war
No one sees the battlefield
Behind my bedroom door
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[Chorus]
I’m a goddess with a blade
And the blade is all they know
It catches every beam of light
Before the cracks can ever show
Every morning I burn brighter
Just to pass for whole again
They call it power…
I call it survival.
And the cost keeps settling in.
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[Verse 2]
Some wake up already flying
Some wake ready for the day
I wake up collecting pieces
Trying not to drift away
Then I strike the spark inside me
Push the engine into flame
Walk outside at full ignition
Like we all arrived the same
They applaud the way I carry
Storms no mortal hand should raise
Never wondering why the thunder
Leaves me empty for two days
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[Pre-Chorus]
If the light looks almost holy
That’s because it has to be
No one pays to watch a goddess
Learning how to simply breathe
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[Chorus]
I’m a goddess with a blade
And the blade is all they know
It catches every beam of light
Before the cracks can ever show
Every morning I burn brighter
Just to pass for whole again
They call it magic…
I call it maintenance.
And the cost keeps settling in.
⸻
[Bridge] (music strips back to piano and strings)
Who’s carrying who now?
The hand…
Or the blade?
I forged it so I could survive.
Now I don’t remember…
If anyone has ever met me…
Before I picked it up.
They think they love the lightning.
Maybe…
They’ve only loved the storm.
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[Final Chorus] (full orchestra, crushing guitars)
I’m a goddess with a blade
But the blade was never free
Every miracle they celebrate
Takes another piece of me
If one morning I don’t shine enough
If I can’t become the flame
Would you still recognize my voice…
If I forgot my name?
Would you still call me worthy
If I laid the thunder down?
Or have you only ever loved…
The woman…
Who could wear the crown?
⸻
[Outro] (almost whispered)
If you ever see me…
Without the blade…
Please…
Don’t mistake the silence…
For weakness.
Morning doesn’t ask permission
It just breaks against the glass
My body bargains with the ceiling
Praying this one moment lasts
Every heartbeat takes attendance
Every scar reports for duty
Before the world can call my name
I build the girl they think they see
Paint the gold across the fractures
Straighten every shaking line
If they ask me how I’m doing
I’ll just smile and say, “I’m fine.”
⸻
[Pre-Chorus]
By the time the sun can find me
I’ve already won the war
No one sees the battlefield
Behind my bedroom door
⸻
[Chorus]
I’m a goddess with a blade
And the blade is all they know
It catches every beam of light
Before the cracks can ever show
Every morning I burn brighter
Just to pass for whole again
They call it power…
I call it survival.
And the cost keeps settling in.
⸻
[Verse 2]
Some wake up already flying
Some wake ready for the day
I wake up collecting pieces
Trying not to drift away
Then I strike the spark inside me
Push the engine into flame
Walk outside at full ignition
Like we all arrived the same
They applaud the way I carry
Storms no mortal hand should raise
Never wondering why the thunder
Leaves me empty for two days
⸻
[Pre-Chorus]
If the light looks almost holy
That’s because it has to be
No one pays to watch a goddess
Learning how to simply breathe
⸻
[Chorus]
I’m a goddess with a blade
And the blade is all they know
It catches every beam of light
Before the cracks can ever show
Every morning I burn brighter
Just to pass for whole again
They call it magic…
I call it maintenance.
And the cost keeps settling in.
⸻
[Bridge] (music strips back to piano and strings)
Who’s carrying who now?
The hand…
Or the blade?
I forged it so I could survive.
Now I don’t remember…
If anyone has ever met me…
Before I picked it up.
They think they love the lightning.
Maybe…
They’ve only loved the storm.
⸻
[Final Chorus] (full orchestra, crushing guitars)
I’m a goddess with a blade
But the blade was never free
Every miracle they celebrate
Takes another piece of me
If one morning I don’t shine enough
If I can’t become the flame
Would you still recognize my voice…
If I forgot my name?
Would you still call me worthy
If I laid the thunder down?
Or have you only ever loved…
The woman…
Who could wear the crown?
⸻
[Outro] (almost whispered)
If you ever see me…
Without the blade…
Please…
Don’t mistake the silence…
For weakness.