VEGVISIR - Fire Under Rain

A wounded house still stands in the rain. Inside it, a fire remains. I built a kingdom out of wounds A chapel made of broken rooms With every shadow cataloged Like scripture written under fog I learned to breathe beneath the floor To hear content behind each door To wear control like iron skin And call the silence discipline [Pre-Chorus] But somewhere under all that stone A boy still whispers I'm alone And somewhere in that ruin light A man stands up and names the night [Chorus] I am not only what they did to me Not only shame, not only memory I am not only what I built to be Not just the ghost of history I carry darkness, yes it's true But darkness is not all I do [Verse 2] I turn my fear to sacred maps My grief to doors, my rage to traps I made a myth from every scar And searched the dead for who we are I prayed in languages of smoke I laughed at hope before it spoke I called the world a hungry beast Then set my own heart at its feast [Pre-Chorus] But symbols cannot hold my breath And beauty can become a death A shrine can turn into a tomb If no one opens up the room [Chorus] I am not only what they did to me Not only shame, not only memory I am not only what I built to be Not just the ghost of history I carry darkness, yes it's true But darkness is not all I do [Bridge] Give me one day I do not curse One page that does not make it worse One honest breath, one finish line One proof this broken life is mine No crown of night, no god of grief No final map, no false relief Just flesh and work and morning light Just staying here, just holding tight [Chorus] I am not only what they did to me Not only exile, not captivity I am the fire under rain The voice returning to its name I am not only what I used to fear Not just the wound that kept me here I carry darkness, yes I do But I can carry daylight too [Outro] And if the world still looks at me Like I was born an injury I'll answer low but finally free I am not only what they did to me