[Intro]
The walls hum with rain, the clock forgets to chime
Seven years carved in air and ash, a silhouette in time
[Verse 1]
I walked through bars that were never meant to hold me
A room inside my chest kept me in, I told me to stay
A Burmese flame flickers behind the dusted gaze I borrow
Anger a fossil, yet it licks the dusk of every day
[Chorus]
Freedom stands with a key I cannot use
The door is open, but I’m afraid to move
Burmese flame, burn away the doubt that binds me
If I rise, I fear the sunlight’s touch on my bruise
[Verse 2]
Seven years traded for a tremor of a sigh in the throat
Words rust in my throat, every sound a stone
The past remains a map I redraw in the dark
Yet the flame insists I remember how to belong
[Pre-Chorus]
If the world breathes again, will I dare to take a step?
If hope offers a hand, will I reach or forget?
[Chorus]
Freedom stands with a key I cannot use
The door is open, but I’m afraid to move
Burmese flame, burn away the doubt that binds me
If I rise, I fear the sunlight’s touch on my bruise
[Bridge]
Inside the iron heart, a storm learns to listen
The flame alights the map of a broken sky
To be free is to forgive the hands that kept me
To be alive is to try, again, and try
[Chorus]
Freedom stands with a key I cannot use
The door is open, but I’m afraid to move
Burmese flame, burn away the doubt that binds me
If I rise, I fear the sunlight’s touch on my bruise
[Outro]
Seven years fade to a single breath, and then I rise
The flame stays lit, but I walk towards the dawn with open eyes
