[Verse 1] Black feather on my sleeve Cold glass by the chair Morning came like iron And found me standing there The room held all your silence In the corners, in the seam I pressed my hand to nothing And heard the shape of grief [Pre-Chorus] But the frost on the pane Started tracing my name Slow and sure Slow and sure And I felt something wake In the ache I could not shake In my bones In my bones [Chorus] I rise from the dark I rise, I rise I turn this pain to fire In my chest tonight I rise from the dark I rise, I rise Black feather, black feather Still I learn to fly [Verse 2] Your chair sits like a doorway To a room I cannot keep There are photographs of summer Folded under winter deep I wept into the quiet Till the quiet answered back It said, "You are not broken You are weathering the black" [Pre-Chorus] Then the frost on the pane Started fading again Slow and sure Slow and sure And the voice inside my skin Said, "Begin, begin" Let it go Let it go [Chorus] I rise from the dark I rise, I rise I turn this pain to fire In my chest tonight I rise from the dark I rise, I rise Black feather, black feather Still I learn to fly [Bridge] If I stay in the ruin I will only become A house with no windows A heart with no drum So I lift up the ashes Let them fall from my hands What was once my undoing Becomes the weight I can stand [Chorus] I rise from the dark I rise, I rise I turn this pain to fire In my chest tonight I rise from the dark I rise, I rise Black feather, black feather Still I learn to fly [Outro] Now the cold glass is glowing With a softer gold And the figure in the window Is no longer made of old Black feather, black feather I am here I am strong